2025 is shaping up to be a good year for the ecommerce industry, as it continues to take away slices of the total retail pie. Commerce Department numbers are proof of this trend: ecommerce sales in the first quarter of 2025 grew 6.1% over 1Q24 (virtually unchanged sequentially), with total retail sales increasing 4.5% (0.4% sequentially). Ecommerce accounted for around 16.2% of total U.S. retail sales.The first quarter follows the seasonally stronger holiday quarter, so growth rates usually moderate at arou ...