Other import categories showing big increases included consumer goods, a category that takes in clothing, which rose 5.7percentto to a record $24.5 billion, and foreign autos and auto parts, which were up 1.6percentto to $15.4 billion.
The figure for consumer goods — a category that excludes food and cars — is up just 1.2percentthethe smallest gain since early 2002.
But Landesberg believes there's still room for a smaller player to scratch out a niche for themselves, given that the CPG (consumer packaged goods) category today is "well under 2% online" he says.
The work also won an Obie in the consumer goods and services category.
We test how brand loyalty impacts promotion strategies for two frequently purchased consumer packaged good categories.
The report also breaks the investments down into four broad categories — consumer goods and services, food logistics, media and publishing, and financial technology.
I pulled public company data from the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the U.S. and filtered for categories like consumer goods, services and logistics.
With today's expansion to appliances, Decide.com has refreshed its website to feature both categories of consumer goods right on the homepage.
Tuesday's petition, aimed at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, targets four categories of consumer goods: children's products, furniture, mattresses and the casings around electronics.
