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February 21, 2016

Britain’s top 10 best seller consumer electronics products in Amazon

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Amazon’s Kindle  Fire Stick, and Kindle Fire ( 7inch display with 8gb) along with Kindle paperwhite  6 inches, high resolution are among the higest selling products at UK Amazon.E


The Kindlle Fire TV stick has been UK’s Amazon’s best seller since the past 256 days, while The Kindle Fire has been the second most sought after gadget at number 2 for 184 days. Kindle stick overall has been the highest selling consumer electronic items online since the last 8 months on Amazon
The kindle stick allows Tens of thousands of TV episodes and movies, from Amazon Video, Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more, plus games, music and apps. 8 GB of storage and 1 GB of memory, plus a dual-core processor for fast streaming and smooth performance. 
However its not all good news for Tablet manufacturers SA new report published by IDC shows that worldwide tablet shipments have shrunk for the first time since 2010.

February 9, 2016

how much is the physical retail sector growing as compared to online retail

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"physical retail store shopping vs online store shopping"

Online Retail might be  the flavour of most shoppers, however  physical retail stores need not panic about their shutting down of stores.While shopping online is clearly growing exponentially, it is important to remember that it is still “only” about $1 trillion, or less than 20% of the global retail market. Read more below




In fact the cross pollination of  online retail  with brick and mortar retail has only made the physical retailers more aware and savvy about  using digital  and mobile strategies  to improve in store shopping,targeting the consumers using gps enabled technology to push mobile alerts and messages across users smartphones.
According to TimeTrade a leading retail consultancy 92% of responding millennials plan to shop in-store in 2015 as often or more than they did in 2014

February 6, 2016

January 28, 2016

wall street selects its top 5 retail stocks

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"amazon the number one brand for wall street"



Generally wall street is  not known  to pick their winners.Wall street does not reason  a spectacular quarter, or even an excellent 3 quarters.. The stock markets hates “suprises ” and for that reason not many  brands  that might have once upon a time, media’s poster boy.failed to  to satisfy wall street

However !It  now seems  that wall street has decided  and finally given it a thumbs up to the online retail industry and specially  Amazon. The company dominated Black Friday sales in the United States and is all but certain to be the number 1 source for last minute presents for many million people around the world. Amazon’s stock price more than doubled this year, bringing the company’s market cap to more than $300 billion. 

 In contrast Wall street has given the brick and mortar retailers  like  Best Buy and Walmart  a pass,  and almost all of them has seen their stocks massacred and  crumble in 2015 as they struggle to break Amazon’s dominance in the online world.

January 23, 2016

ecommerce, consumer internet ,mobile apps emerging as fastest start ups growth story in India

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"top 10 sectors in india seeing highest investment funding"

Data from NASSCOM predicts by 2020, India will be home to 11500 startup which would employ 2,50,000 jobs. Currently, India’s has 3,100 startup 

"indian cities with highest start ups"

"biggest top 5 VC investments in indian start ups"




INDIAN START UPS BY CITY AND VC FUNDING ACROSS 3 BIGGEST SECTORS

Bangalore accounted for more than 55% of total start up business in India.India’s capital and financial centreDelhi and Mumbai were no 2 and 3 . But Bangalore was ahead by miles , when it came to start up ecosystem and VC interest and ease of doing business in the city along withe other  intangibles of emerging start up business

Bangalore attracted $2.43 billion (Rs15,189 crore) worth of funding in 2014, of which as much as $1.7 billion was invested in e-commerce. Meanwhile Consumer Internet,mobile apps and ecommerce have emerged as fastest growing  start up sectors going by VC interest and  the number of deals that has been gone through 

 The 3rd chart shows the list of prominent venture capital investors who have invested across Indian start ups.Among them are Helion ventures ,Sequoia Capital, Blume ventures,Kalaari Capital , Accel Partners, Matrix Partners,Tiger Global, IDG ventures, and Softbank who have invested in   Indian  start ups  across  diverse sectors such as eCommerce, Online services, Mobility, Enterprise Software and Outsourcing.



January 7, 2016

digital payments market size and transaction value

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EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.


"digital payments market size and transaction value "
Total Transaction Value in the “Digital Payment” segment amounts to USD 572,867.4 in 2016.The digital payments  market’s largest segment is the segment “Online B2C Commerce” followed by Mobile Wallet and Online P2p transfers. with a total transaction value of mUSD 526,452.3 in 2016.

By 2020 Total Transaction Value is expected to  grow by  15% CAGR( 2016-2020) which will resulting in the total amount of mUSD 996,344.6 in 2020.

January 4, 2016

retail sales comparison : auto parts vs furniture vs electronics

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"electronics vs auto parts retail sales chart"



How America Shops:  electronics vs auto parts vs furniture:  


data:wsj

The above data comes from  U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales Track estimated U.S. consumer spending by type of store, based on data from the monthly and annual Retail Electronic and appliances retail sales grew the highest,followed by auto parts and  furniture sales 



December 31, 2015

retail growth in US increase 8% as compared to ecommerce growth of 20%

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"retail growth vs online sales growth in US"
data from MasterCard SpendingPulse™, which looks at U.S. retail sales trends across cards, cash and checks, retail sales excluding auto and gas grew 7.9% during the traditional Black Friday to Christmas Eve shopping season. The biggest winners this season were eCommerce and furniture, with double-digit growth, while electronics and men’s apparel lagged well behind.Commerce grew roughly 20% compared to last year. This is not a total surprise, as 70% of U.S. consumers report doing more research online than before, according to our recent Omnishopper Guide


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December 27, 2015

December 26, 2015

top 10 markets mobile sales vs online sales

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EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.


UK tops mobile market with 28% share of mobile commerce

UK,Germany and US among the biggest mobile shopping markets.

UK tops as the biggest markets in terms of  mobile spends with 28%  share out of total ecommerce sales revenues .Germany and  US  for the  no 2 and no 3 biggest mobile markets respectively with  27% and 26% of ttal ecommrce sales coming from mobile ( tablet and smrtphones)

cpg, apparels and office supplies fastest growing online categories

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EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.


" fastest growing ecommerce categories"

FASTEST GROWING ONLINE PRODUCTS CATEGORIES

 digital content and subscriptions are growing the fastest with 27% growth, while in terms of products, consumer packages goods have been  showing the fastest growing  eCommerce segment with 21% growth followed by  apparels and accessories sports and fitness wear are among  the  fastest growing online categories, followed by office supplies, home appliances and furniture.


December 14, 2015

country comparison : eCommerce revenues compared as a percentage of overall retail sales

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The below chart shows ” worldwide and global online retail sales revenues  as a percentage of total retail sales across geographies and countries . Globally online retail sales  across the world is expected to grow by 15% CAGR ( from 2014-2019 ) time period. In terms of  total retail revenues, Worldwide  online retail will constitute 9% of overall retail revenues  in 2019 as compared to 5.8% in 2014  

country comparison : eCommerce revenues compared as a percentage of overall retail sales
HOW MUCH DOES ONLINE RETAILS SALES CONTRIBUTE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES BY COUNTRY AND REGION

  • Online retail sales in US  is likely to constitute 12% of the overall retail sales by 2019.
  • Online retail sales in North America  is predicted  to account  for 11% of overall retail sales.
  • Asian online retail sales will constitute 10% of total retail revenues ,by 2019
  • In Western Europe online retail sales is expected to contribute 10%of total retail sales, while Eastern Europe it will be 5.6%
  • Russia  online retail is foretasted to form 5.2%of overall retail sales
  • While eCommerce in Latin American nations is predicted to account  for a mere 3,2% of total retail sales 
  • In Australasia online retail is expected to contribute 8.4% of overal retail sales revenues by 2019
  • Mid east and African nations eCommerce sales as a percentage of total retail sales will account or the lowest ever with 1.6% 


December 5, 2015

mobile users are spending more than 55 minutes on retail websites

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" mobile users are spending more than 55 minutes on retail websites"
PERCENTAGE OF TIME IN MINUTES MOBILE USERS SPENT ON RETAIL WEBSITES 

 the overding   theme last year and in 2015  has been the ” emergence of mobile shopping” across retail websites. On an average a consumer spent  more than one hour ( 60 minutes browsing retail websites to search for deals and discounts . In 2013 the average time spend on mobile retail websites was 50 minutes





December 4, 2015

global ecommerce to exceed $400billion by 2017, web to account 9.5% retail sales

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eMarketer projects e-commerce sales will eclipse $3.5 trillion within the next five years. The web will account for 7.3% of global retail sales this year, growing to 12.4% by 2019, eMarketer says. The fast-growing Asia-Pacific market is expected to fuel a 25% year-over-year increase in global e-commerce in 2015. 


 E-commerce sales are expected to grow to more than $400 billion in the next several years, with Forrester Research estimating $414.0 sales in 2018 and eMarketer estimating $491.5 in 2018.

November 30, 2015

mobile users formed 57% black friday eCommerce visitors

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Mobile Shopping this holiday season has replaced desktop/ PC shopping . During 2015  Black Friday mobile consumers made up  ‘more than 57% of visits to e-commerce sites . That’s up from 50% last year, and less than 6% a mere six years ago. Similarly, more than 36% of online e-commerce sales closed on mobile devices, up from less than 4% in 2010.

121 million to shop online this year on cyber monday,4% fewer than last year

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A study which was released today by the NRF (National Retail Federation )and Prosper Insights & Analytics,  shows that   121.3 million consumers will shop online tomorrow, on Cyber Monday 2015.This number is  down 4.4% from 126.9 million last year. That 121.3 million number represents 49.5% of all consumers




" cybermonday online shopping trends"
The 2015’s Holiday season started off  briskly  with Black Friday seeing   $2.72 billion in e-commerce sales, up 14% from 2014. Meanwhile online shopping on Thanksgiving Day 2015 too  saw a higher jump in online spending, with $1.73 billion in sales, up 25% from the  2014 .Black Friday and Thanksgiving online sales saw consumers spending   $4.47 billion


However in store sales—excluding e-commerce—fell about 10% on Thursday and Friday to $12.1 billion, according to ShopperTrak, which monitors traffic to stores and malls.

November 29, 2015

how much did consumers spend on the biggest online shopping day in history

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" biggest holiday spends in history"
"black friday record sales in 2015"
Since the term “Cyber Monday” was officially coined back in 2005, the Monday after Thanksgiving has swiftly become the most important day of the year for online retailers in the US. While 2013 saw  whopping $1.7 billion, making it the biggest online spending day in history.  2014  was ever better with 2.03 billion. According to recent estimates from adobe.. 2015 saw online shoppers spend $2.72billion, which is the  biggest amount consumers have spent since 2005 onwards

To know about the black friday 2015 shopping data ,check out ” 32% mobile shoppers accounted for $1.5billion  ecommerce spends


November 28, 2015

Black friday best deals :hits and misses

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heres a look into some of the epic black  2015 friday fights ” where survival of the fittest ensures whatever you paid for comes back into your home 


Now that Black friday sales have been ” done with” here is a look back on what sold the most and what hardly sold.. What were the hits and what product bombed

Adobe’s report also reveals the top five selling electronic items on Black Friday which were
  1. Samsung 4K TVs, 
  2. Apple’s iPad Air 2, 
  3.  Microsoft Xbox One, 
  4. Apple iPad Mini and S
  5. Sony’s PS4.

 Others findings for Black Friday sales include consumer electronics that  have alread gone out of stock or  will be out of bounds until you hurry. These are

  1. Amazon Fire 7” 8GB tab, 
  2. Beats Solo on-Ear Headphones (Red),
  3.  NBA 2K16 Game for Sony PS4, 
  4. Pie Face Game, and The Force Awakens 6” figure.

On Thanksgiving Day,   which saw consumers spend a whopping $1.73 billion, ( 25% increase based n 2014 figures

  1.  smartphone sales  reached all time high generating over $639 million in sales. 
  2. The top selling products for the day included Samsung 4K TVs Microsoft Xbox One, Lego Dimensions, Barbie Dream House and Lego Creative Box.
  3.  Even Sony which has sold 30.2million units of its latest gen console, announced price cuts for its PS4 console across the globe ahead of the US  holiday season 

how smartphones is being used as a online shopping comparison tool this holidays

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smartphones usage and how they will aid americans this year holidays"

How Smartphones will play a huge role in ” Holiday shopping this year .

A record 78% consumers would be using the smartphones for  checking out  their best holiday deals

Online Store Locations are among the most popular smartphone activity during this years holiday shopping with 60% consumers saying they would use their mobile to check out instore locations.

Online Price comparison  and reviews were the next most important smartphone usages, with 55% saying they would be using their smartphone to read reviews and comparison prices online

45% consumers would be using online coupons to redeem the offer, 43% users would be checking the product via the mobile phones, with 41% ready yo make a purchase via their smartphones.27% would be using it to scan barcode information