This report includes historical and forecasted market size, e-commerce, product lines, inventory turns, gross margin, profitability, financial ratios, BCG matrix, statistics by state, operating expense details, organizational composition, consolidation analysis, employee productivity, price inflation, pay bands for the top 20 industry jobs, segmentation by concentration, business size, franchise, and business structure, trend analysis and forecasts on companies, facilities, employees, payroll, and much more.
The report includes locations primarily engaged in selling all types of merchandise using the electronic and print media to induce direct response by the customer. These retailers can employ methods, such as e-commerce, online marketing, apps. infomercials, broadcasting and publishing direct response advertising and publishing traditional or electronic catalogues, to display their merchandise and reach their customers. They can also provide sites facilitating consumer to-consumer or business-to-consumer trade in new and used goods, on an auction basis, using the Internet. Transactions between these retailers and their customers typically require the use of information technology (telephone or computer network) and the delivery of merchandise is typically done by mail or courier. Establishments primarily engaged in selling from catalogue showrooms, without stock, are also included.
This report is based on extensive business surveys and econometrics. Professionals utilize this report for market sizing, benchmarking, strategic planning, due diligence, valuations, operational initiatives, sales & marketing strategies, understanding industry dynamics, evaluating opportunities, forecasting, trend analysis, streamlining, gap analysis, and other analyses.
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INDUSTRY SIZE
- In 2023, total revenue was $1.16 trillion
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SECTOR GROWTH
- Over the past 3 years, the sector has grown at an annual rate of 10.1%
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RETAILER GROWTH
- There are 49,875 companies in the industry
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E-COMMERCE SALES
- In 2024, e-commerce sales are forecasted to grow 18.2%
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SALES PER LOCATION
- In 2023, the average sales per location was $20.3 million
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- INFLATION & PRICING
- 2024 forecasted inflation is -0.3%
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PROFITABILITY & FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS
- Unprofitable companies averaged -10.5% in net loss as a % of revenues
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Methodology
The industry market research reports are based on annual business surveys submitted by companies in the industry covering extensive financial and operating topics such as revenue, costs, labor, profitability, capital, product lines, operations, locations, and wages.
The analysts utilize the historical data from the business surveys as a foundation for forecasts and apply the data to proprietary econometric models that adjust for macro, economic, cyclical, and industry trends and influences.
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