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Online Retail in United States

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  • 70 Pages
  • February 2020
  • Region: United States
  • MarketLine
  • ID: 5136352
Online Retail in United States

Summary

Online Retail in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2014-18, and forecast to 2023). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The Online Retail market includes all sales within each category listed below, provided they take place over the internet, where the payment does not occur in-store on a later occasion. Data is included irrespective of whether the vendor is a pure-play internet company or the online offering of a bricks and mortar retailer.
  • The US online retail sector generated total revenues of $368.5bn in 2018, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.6% between 2014 and 2018.
  • The electrical and electronics retail segment was the sector's most lucrative in 2018, with total revenues of $120.4bn, equivalent to 32.7% of the sector's overall value.
  • The success of online pure play has resulted in traditionally brick-and-mortar retailers increasingly looking to online distribution channels as part as a multi-channel distribution system.

Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the online retail market in the United States
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the online retail market in the United States
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key online retail market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United States online retail market with five year forecasts

Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the United States online retail market by value in 2018?
  • What will be the size of the United States online retail market in 2023?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States online retail market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the United States's online retail market?

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market rivalry
1.6. Competitive Landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
4.3. Market distribution
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.3. Who are the main challengers to the incumbents?
7.4. What is the rationale for the recent M&A activity?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Amazon.com, Inc.
8.2. Walmart Inc
8.3. eBay Inc
8.4. Apple Inc
8.5. Target Corp
8.6. The Home Depot Inc
8.7. Best Buy Co Inc
8.8. Macy's Inc
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related research
10.4. About the Author
List of Tables
Table 1: United States online retail sector value: $ billion, 2014-18
Table 2: United States online retail sector category segmentation: $ billion, 2018
Table 3: United States online retail sector geography segmentation: $ billion, 2018
Table 4: United States online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2018
Table 5: United States online retail sector value forecast: $ billion, 2018-23
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 8: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees
Table 9: Walmart Inc: key facts
Table 10: Walmart Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 11: Walmart Inc: Key Employees
Table 12: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 13: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 14: Walmart Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 15: eBay Inc: key facts
Table 16: eBay Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 17: eBay Inc: Key Employees
Table 18: eBay Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 19: Apple Inc: key facts
Table 20: Apple Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 21: Apple Inc: Key Employees
Table 22: Apple Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 23: Target Corp: key facts
Table 24: Target Corp: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 25: Target Corp: Key Employees
Table 26: Target Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 27: Target Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 28: Target Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 29: The Home Depot Inc: key facts
Table 30: The Home Depot Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 31: The Home Depot Inc: Key Employees
Table 32: The Home Depot Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 33: Best Buy Co Inc: key facts
Table 34: Best Buy Co Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 35: Best Buy Co Inc: Key Employees
Table 36: Macy's Inc: key facts
Table 37: Macy's Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 38: Macy's Inc: Key Employees
Table 39: Macy's Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 40: United States size of population (million), 2014-18
Table 41: United States gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2014-18
Table 42: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2014-18
Table 43: United States inflation, 2014-18
Table 44: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2014-18
Table 45: United States exchange rate, 2014-18
List of Figures
Figure 1: United States online retail sector value: $ billion, 2014-18
Figure 2: United States online retail sector category segmentation: % share, by value, 2018
Figure 3: United States online retail sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2018
Figure 4: United States online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2018
Figure 5: United States online retail sector value forecast: $ billion, 2018-23
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the online retail sector in the United States, 2018

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Amazon.com, Inc.
  • Walmart Inc
  • eBay Inc
  • Apple Inc
  • Target Corp
  • The Home Depot Inc
  • Best Buy Co Inc
  • Macy's Inc