B
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4%
4% -- retail sales share for Amazon (2019)
Amazon claims to account for 4-5% of total retail sales in the United States.
- Reported as a range of 4-5%
- Self-reported claim by Amazon
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Value
4%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Amazon
Primary
Tier B
https://www.mirakl.com/blogs/marketplace/yes-amazon-is-making-fair-competition-impossible/ ↗
Source Article
Yes, Amazon Is Making Fair Competition Impossible – Mirakl
The hits keep coming for Amazon. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported (opens in a new tab) that investigators from the Federal Trade Commission have been conducting interviews with small businesses that sell on Amazon's marketplace, asking them questions to determine whether they have any viable alterna…
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Amazon
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Methodology
Range 4-5%, midpoint used; per Amazon's own claim
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IndustryRetail
Channelcontent
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Amazon: 4% retail sales share. Source: Amazon (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/amazon-share-us-retail-sales
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/amazon-share-us-retail-sales" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>4%</strong> -- retail sales share for Amazon<br><small>Source: Amazon (2019) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/amazon-share-us-retail-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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