In what year did global e-commerce sales first top $1 trillion?
Answer2012
E-commerce crossed the trillion-dollar mark as online shopping went mainstream worldwide.
Source: Wikipedia (2012) en.wikipedia.org
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Going deeper
In 2016, China accounted for about what share of worldwide retail e-commerce?
Answerabout 42.4%
China's massive online retail market made it the single largest country for e-commerce.
Source: Wikipedia (2016) en.wikipedia.org
In 2014, US e-commerce sales, at about $294 billion, made up what share of all US retail sales?
Answerabout 9%
Online sales were still a modest slice of total US retail a decade ago.
Source: Wikipedia (2014) en.wikipedia.org
In what year did Amazon post its first-ever full annual profit?
Answer2003
Amazon operated at a loss for years before turning its first annual profit.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Online retail markets were projected to grow by about how much from 2015 to 2020, versus 2% for traditional retail?
Answerabout 56%
Online retail's growth rate vastly outpaced traditional brick-and-mortar retail in that period.
Source: Wikipedia (2020) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
In 2017, total global e-commerce transactions (B2B plus B2C combined) reached about how much?
Answerabout $29.3 trillion
Business-to-business e-commerce turned out to dwarf consumer online shopping.
Source: Wikipedia (2017) en.wikipedia.org
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