
This Week in eCommerce Data: April 9th, 2021
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- This Week in eCommerce Data

Welcome to the 45th Week in eCommerce Data, where Friday begins with a dose of ecommerce data. In this week’s roundup, how much extra did we spend on ecommerce last year? How many retail stores are closing? Plus other ecom news elsewhere!
Key ecommerce data
$900 billion extra
that was spent on ecommerce during 2020
80,000 retail stores
could close by 2026, which represents around 9% of the country’s total.
92% growth
in ecommerce sales of Lululemon in the fourth quarter, as its online sales more than doubled during 2020.
$2.04 billion
the fourth quarter sales of online pet retailer Chewy, up 51% from the last quarter.
$36 operating margin
on a $100 sweater shipped from a distribution center, compared to $17 when shipped from the store.
6th distribution center
that has been opened by Kohl’s as it continues its ecommerce drive.
11.4% increase
in the vacancy rate of regional malls in Q1, up from 10.5% in the previous quarter, the fastest increase recorded by Moody’s.
$2,165
the average forecasted spending among teens this year, as it slowly begins to tick up after a 2-decade low.