The All-New Top 500 Reports Strong Growth Among Smaller, Niche E-Retailers
The data from Internet Retailer's just-published 2015 Top 500 Guide® show that the fastest-growing online retailers are small, mostly web-only niche players ranked 301-400.
Apr 14, 2015, 09:30 ET
CHICAGO, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- North America's 500 largest web merchants account for 84% of all e-retailing sales in the U.S., according to Internet Retailer's newly published 2015 Top 500 Guide®. Now in its 12th edition, the 352-page 2015 Top 500 Guide® ranks the 500 leading e-retailers in the U.S. and Canada based on their annual web sales. Data from the Guide show that the fastest-growing web merchants are those ranked between 301-400: Mostly niche merchants, many selling only online, that grew their collective web sales by 18.5% in 2014.
The fastest-growing e-retailer, according to the data in the 2015 Top 500 Guide®, is Blue Apron, a web-only grocer of ready-to-cook ingredients and prepared meals. The company grew 2014 web sales 550% to $65 million, landing the No. 318 spot in the Top 500 rankings. Blue Apron is one of 42 web merchants that are completely new to Internet Retailer's e-commerce rankings.
More analysis of the fastest-growing e-retailers by merchant type and merchandising category as well as trends in U.S. e-commerce can be found in the 2015 Top 500 Guide®. The Guide provides 263 data points for each retailer, including compound annual growth rate, web traffic, conversion rates, solution providers used across 30 categories and other key metrics.
For research information or to arrange an interview with an Internet Retailer analyst, contact: Mark Brohan, vice president, Internet Retailer, at 312.362.9535 or [email protected].
For media inquiries, contact: Anna Applegate, corporate marketing communications, Internet Retailer, at 312.572.6264 or [email protected].
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