Ecommerce Trends & Statistics

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Q&A: How Bookshop.org reimagines book ecommerce

Article
Nov 24, 2021

Insider Intelligence spoke with Andy Hunter, founder of Bookshop.org, an ecommerce platform that helps local bookshops sell books.

Q&A: Brooklinen forges a path for comfort

Article
Nov 19, 2021

Insider Intelligence spoke with Kate MacCabe, Brooklinen's vice president of Product, a DTC brand selling luxury bedding products.

SoftBank’s multibillion-dollar investment demonstrates lure of Indian market

Article
Nov 15, 2021

Billions of dollars from SoftBank, others are poised to transform India’s digital economy: Broader 4G coverage, along with regulatory challenges tied to operating in China, increasingly make India a land of market opportunity.

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Nov 12, 2021

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Of the top US retailers, Apple expects the strongest holiday ecommerce sales

Article
Nov 12, 2021

While Amazon has the largest share of holiday ecommerce sales this year at 41.9%, Apple will post the strongest growth at 36.9%.

The top 15 US companies ranked by ecommerce sales growth

The top 15 US companies ranked by ecommerce sales growth

Article
Nov 09, 2021

Apple and Chewy will see the fastest ecommerce sales growth of the top 15 online retailers in the US this year, at 25.7% and 25.0% over 2020, respectively.

How the Cyber Five are stacking up for holiday shopping

How the Cyber Five are stacking up for holiday shopping

Article
Nov 08, 2021

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been growing in importance to holiday ecommerce for more than a decade, despite the persistent myth that early holiday promotions would pull demand forward to take the wind out of these promotions.

Q&A: AptDeco disrupts consumer’s relationship with home furnishing

Article
Nov 05, 2021

Insider Intelligence spoke with Reham Fagiri, co-founder and CEO of NYC-based AptDeco, an ecommerce platform that enables individuals to sell and buy used furniture.

Facebook Advertising 2021

Facebook Advertising 2021

Report
Nov 04, 2021

Advertising on Facebook has become more challenging due to Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework in iOS 14.5. Here’s how advertisers are adapting their strategies in the post-IDFA reality.

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Top retailers see ecommerce sales growth this year on top of record-breaking sales in 2020

Article
Nov 03, 2021

The rebound of in-store shopping in the US has been stronger this year than we initially anticipated in April.

Shopify is pushing into cross-border commerce in a bid to attract larger merchants

Shopify is pushing into cross-border commerce in a bid to attract larger merchants

Article
Nov 02, 2021

Shopify’s cross-border features show it’s shifting away from smaller sellers: The platform rose to popularity in part due to supporting mom-and-pops, but its newest international-focused features show it’s going all in on its biggest clients.

UK holiday 2021 spending is forecast to look more like 2019 than 2020

Article
Nov 01, 2021

Holiday sales in the UK this year will grow by 8.1% from last year, with ecommerce sales growth rates stabilizing after spiking in 2020.

Zip anticipates strong holiday season amid BNPL blitz—but with more competition

Article
Nov 01, 2021

Zip’s preholiday shopping event clocked stellar numbers, but diversification and increased credit card use might challenge BNPL growth.

Amazon will corner 41.0% of the US retail ecommerce market this year

Amazon will corner 41.0% of the US retail ecommerce market this year

Article
Oct 29, 2021

Amazon maintains its commanding lead in the US retail ecommerce space, generating 41.0% of the sales this year.

2021 holiday sales see the strongest growth in 20 years

2021 holiday sales see the strongest growth in 20 years

Article
Oct 20, 2021

US holiday retail sales in 2021 will see the strongest growth in more than 20 years, rising 9.0% from last year to $1.147 trillion.

Consumers to get jump-start on holiday shopping this year

Consumers to get jump-start on holiday shopping this year

Article
Oct 19, 2021

This year’s holiday shopping season will once again kick off early with consumers motivated to avoid shipping delays and out-of-stock items.

US Holiday Shopping 2021

US Holiday Shopping 2021

Report
Oct 18, 2021

Retail sales for the 2021 US holiday season will soar as brick-and-mortar shopping returns with a vengeance and ecommerce maintains double-digit growth rates.

US retail holiday season sales will grow the fastest in years despite ecommerce deceleration

Article
Oct 11, 2021

US retail ecommerce sales growth will slow considerably this holiday season, from 32.0% in the 2020 season to 14.4% during that of 2021.

Innovation in Asia: Southeast Asian shopping festivals highlight growing opportunities for entertainment and commerce tie-ups

Innovation in Asia: Southeast Asian shopping festivals highlight growing opportunities for entertainment and commerce tie-ups

Article
Oct 06, 2021

Singles’ Day, the online shopping festival invented by Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba and held on November 11, is widely known in the West. Now, a series of similar “double-digit” shopping festivals from digital powerhouses Lazada and Shopee are driving ecommerce growth in Southeast Asia.

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