US e-commerce sales continued to rise in September! Growth in home furnishings and hardware categories slowed down!

It is learned that according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse report, both online and offline retail sales in the United States saw double-digit growth in September 2022.

The report showed that total U.S. retail sales (excluding car dealers, gas stations and restaurants) increased by 11% in September compared with the same period in 2021; compared with the same period in 2019, it increased by 24.6%.

Specifically, in September this year, U.S. e-commerce sales increased by 10.7% over the same period in 2021 and 22.3% over the same period in 2019. At the same time, U.S. in-store sales continued to rise, increasing by 12.3% in September this year over the same period in 2021 and 16.9% over the same period in 2019.

Mastercard highlighted that Americans' spending on home improvements slowed in September compared to the same period last year due to the tight U.S. housing market. The furniture and decor and hardware categories experienced the smallest year-over-year sales growth, up only 1.4% and 1.7% year-over-year, respectively.

It is learned that in September, the performance of other categories is as follows:

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