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title: "CNBC: Amazon Grabbed 4 Percent of All US Retail Sales in 2017"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/14ab80b1-d812-4f2b-9db5-0a893c750d0d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-amazon-grabbed-4-percent-of-all-us-retail-sales-in-2017-2705160
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-01-03T15:10:14.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:03:26.837Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d02583e12181c396ff1a284e19fa31f31353.jpg
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# CNBC: Amazon Grabbed 4 Percent of All US Retail Sales in 2017

**TL;DR:** Amazon grabbed 4% of all US retail sales in 2017, highlighting its dominance in the e-commerce space. The company was responsible for 44% of all US e-commerce sales in 2017.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-01-03. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-amazon-grabbed-4-percent-of-all-us-retail-sales-in-2017-2705160).*

## Story

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that Amazon had an impressive year in 2017. But the dominance the company has in the e-commerce space is even more than many might have thought. According to a recent CNBC article and One Click Retail , the internet giant was responsible for 44 percent of all U.S. e-commerce sales in 2017, which is 4 percent of the country’s total retail sales figure.

"Every major trend we see across 2017 can be explained by the fact that more of Amazon's core demographic (millennials) are growing up: they're increasingly owning homes, raising children, and buying a TON of stuff to go with it," wrote One Click Retail CEO Spencer Millerberg.

Consumer electronics and home and kitchen topped the product groups for most sales in 2017, while the fastest-growing product categories this year included luxury beauty, pantry items, grocery and furniture.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- Amazon (company)
- retail sales (topic)
- market dominance (topic)
- e-commerce sales (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-amazon-grabbed-4-percent-of-all-us-retail-sales-in-2017-2705160). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/14ab80b1-d812-4f2b-9db5-0a893c750d0d).