The chart shows the list of European nations who tops internet shopping per users. To see the chart and the list of nations.click here or see below the jump
Showing posts with label online shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online shopping. Show all posts
July 30, 2015
July 25, 2015
b2b SME online shopping tops Chinese ecommerce share
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July 24, 2015
spending on back to school down by 6% , lowest since 2011
July 10, 2015
Facebook video postings outperforming photo sharing in terms of engagement
Facebook Campaigns by Video Post: Engagement with video posts are up by 25% this yearQ3
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Marketers are looking to drive more people to their sites as posts with links have increased substantially along with online video links at Facebook.With Facebook being a source of more than one third most referral traffic , regular relevant posting can bring you targeted and quality traffic
Video forms quite a substantial form of content engagement strategy at Facebook, as the medium provides both dynamism and real time information which users can validate in real time .Engagement with video posts is up 25% year-over-year and 58% quarter-over-quarter on Facebook
In fact text posts have declined quickly in share and engagement.
• Posts with video links are up 77% year-over-year and 167 every quartner . According to research , Friday is the best day for posting video content on #Facebook.
July 9, 2015
UK users are worlds highest spenders on online retail : 5 products they shop online
Users Britain and Denmark rank among the top 2 nations with highest frequency of online shopping a
75% of UK users shop online and over 52% used online banking in 2014.A whopping 53% UK adults bank online, compared to a mere 30% in 2007.The number of UK users with internet access doubled to 38million in 2014
What does UK Shop for and who buys
- every 6 of 10 British adults use the internet to buy products such as food, clothing, music or holidays, clothes and sports are most online purchases in UK
- This is twice the average of the OECD’s 34 member states, which include the US, Germany, Australia and France.
- Most bought items in UK apart from clothes and holidays are consumer electronics ,gaming items and household appliances
- Seniors shopping online has seen a big jump recently with 40% of them buying online in 2014
- Usage of laptops and tablets has also seen a growth uptake, in UK from 32 % adults using one in 2013 to 43% according to the ONS
July 5, 2015
June 16, 2015
Shopping without borders: Australia vs United States
Online Shopping Faceoff : US vs Australia
June 15, 2015
apparels vs gadgets :which category is growing faster online
June 11, 2015
united shoppers of china : 5 facts on Chinese e-shopping addiction
It would not be perhaps an exaggeration to say that " The revolution in Chinese online shopping" has been greater than"Mao's own people Revolution.The takeover of Chinese in the online shopping vertical has been so brutal,clinical and yet so one sided ..that even if you consider g8 countries as a nation, it would not be able to match the volumes nor revenues from Chinese online shopping .
Consider these 5 facts on Chinese Online Shopping addiction
- 16% of the digital products are sold online, compared to only 1% 5 years ago.
Alibaba reported that customers on its retail sites spent $2 billion in the first hour of Singles Day in 2014 ( 11th nov is Singles day in China ( like Valentinesday)
- Within 18 hours of Alibaba raked in $9.3 billion in online sales, four times the amount spent online during Cyber Monday in the U.S. (HuffingtonPost )
- A recent research by Tmall reveals that consumer electronics purchase in China has more or less gone online .During the last 2 years a) 16% was purchase in the store. b) 29% had/ and will buy from the retailers’ online shops
•c)45% will buy/had bough from other online shops.
- An example to show how the above data was true was that within 12 hours of singles day last year,Xiaomi had sold 720,000 phones and topped $163 million in sales.
- Chinese ecommerce market is set to reach $420billion or $4.2trillion by 2020. 65% of chinese ecommerce sales comes from 266 chinese cities( McKinsey Chinese Etail revolution)
June 8, 2015
Nations where" internet shopping" contributes significantly to GDP
Irrespective of the gloom and doom and at times recessionary tendencies on the economic front The worlds has till a lot to cheer about.
The internet keeps growing and so does the economic GDP of a few nations.In the G20 countries, the internet economy will grow at more than 10% annually for the next five years and by 2016 reach $4.2 trillion, or 5.3% of GD,up from $2.3 trillion and 4.1% according to a recent report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).Britain leads the pack in terms of internet contributing hugely to its economic prosperity. According to economist UK's " internet economy" is now bigger than its construction and education sectors, mainly thanks to the popularity of e-commerce and the rapid adoption of mobile as a " key shopping ande commerce device.
South Korea and China ranks 2nd and 3rd, while.Japan and US ranks 5th and 6th while India currently going through an eCommerce revolution of sorts is ranked 8th
June 2, 2015
mobile vs ecommerce sales compared across North America and Europe by devices

The above chart shows how much is mobile commerce a percentage of ecommerce across US, Canada, UK, Spain, Italy, Poland, France, Germany and Netherlands. The highest mobile to ecommerce sales percentage was found in UK and Germany . In both these countries total mobile commerce formed 28.6 and 27.7% of eCommerce with smartphone contributing to 16.5 and 16.2% and the rest was contributed by tablets .In US mobile to ecom percentage was 26.8 with 14% coming from smartphone and 12.4% coming from Tablets. . It is expected that in UK 28/6% of online sales would be generated by mobile devices this year
May 30, 2015
the global online retail attractive index :15 key ecommerce markets
The above retail Ecommerce Index shows the most attractive online retail markets
The attractiveness of the markets are defined by 1)next generation 2)digital DNA rankings show characteristics of developed and developing market 3) established and growing
China occupies the top spot, and the G8 countries (Japan, United States, United Kingdom, all fall within the Top 15..All markets are ranked by a preassigned metrix which are
1) online market size 2)consumer behavior 3)growth potential 4)infrastructure based on which an average ranking is computed totop 30 nations .
In the middle of the rankings is a compression of scores, with only five points separating the 15th- and 30th-ranked countries
apparel is no 2 most bought item across online retail
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source : AtkearneyGLOBAL ONLINE SHOPPING BASKETconsumers across the world might have different tastests, different styles and preferences . but the onle thing that binds them when they start to shop is their universal love towards Apparels Apparel is the number one bought item in online retail across all regions and geographies |
May 27, 2015
eCommerce in india : Rhetoric vs Reality
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THE INDIAN ECOMMERCE MARKET : OVERPROMISING OR REALITY ? |
India is the only country where there are three to five companies competing for the same market in an ecosystem that is yet to throw out an winner.While ASSOCHAM's data suggest India's e-commerce market stands at $16billion ,Gartner numbers show that the India eCommerce market is set to reach $6 billion in 2015. Irrespective of the difference in numbers what is clear it that "the biggest eCommerce battle" will be fought in India. and once the knives are out.. and the battle lines turns bloodier there will be place for just 2 players who would be the last men standing
these are the 3 things on which american consumers are spending the highest
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CONSUMER SPENDING DATA |
A majority of Americans, 55%, say they are spending more than they did last year on groceries, the area in which Americans continually report spending more.
Groceries (55% spending more), utilities (45%) and healthcare (43%) are among the 3 categories in which the largest percentage of survey respondents have increased their spending compared to a year ago, according to Gallup.
Since last June, the top three categories with the highest percentages of consumers saying they are "spending more" (groceries, utilities and healthcare) have stayed in the top five
Meanwhile, the bottom categories in terms of increased spending are retirement investments (17%), consumer electronics (18%) and travel (19%), suggesting, per Gallup, that “Americans continue to spend more on things they need, but not on things they want.”