Retail E-Commerce

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is China’s most important retailer and the second largest e-commerce retailer globally. Alibaba is, however, increasingly being challenged in China and abroad, as ByteDance and PDD Holdings emerge as significant threats to…

Amazon is one of the most recognisable brands in the world. Founded as an online bookstore in 1994, Amazon’s operations today includes first- and third-party marketplaces, grocery, advertising, streaming, web services and healthcare. At its core,…

Mercado Libre, the leader in retail e-commerce in Latin America, has based its development on the idea of increasing access to e-commerce and financial services in the region, creating a robust ecosystem that allows users to buy and sell products,…

Retail e-commerce in Sweden, after almost a decade of double-digit retail current value growth, peaking over 2019-2021, witnessed stabilisation or correction towards the end of the review period. Following a small drop in 2022, retail e-commerce…

In 2023, Germany's e-commerce landscape showed signs of potential recovery, following 2022’s sales slump as the country emerged from the pandemic. A stronger return to stores, ongoing economic volatility, and low consumer confidence stemming from the…

In 2023, retail e-commerce maintained double-digit current value growth in South Korea. In recent times, the retail landscape in the country witnessed a remarkable surge in online shopping activities, driving a substantial increase in online…

Retail e-commerce in Saudi Arabia has seen huge gains with sales having more than doubled since 2019 in current value terms. This is largely attributed to the digital adoption wave and evolving shopping preferences, especially among millennials. The…

Retail e-commerce continued to stabilise in Ireland in 2023, following the significant boom seen during the era of the pandemic, when both consumers and retailers alike were forced to embrace the online channel. Whilst footfall has returned to…

After a challenging 2022 due to high inflation, the emergence of the cost-of-living crisis, and additional pressure on operators due to a surge in utility prices, all of which affected the disposable incomes of local consumers and subsequently led to…

In 2022, as the rate of inflation in the US hit the highest level seen in decades, consumers were forced to look for ways to ration their spending. This had a significant impact on the retail industry, as US residents cut back on purchases of…

Retail e-commerce in Mexico demonstrated outstanding double-digit current value growth over the review period, and 2023 was no exception, with growth across most categories. Indeed, the growth rate experienced by e-commerce in Mexico was amongst the…

Retail e-commerce maintained dynamic current value growth in India in 2023, with double-digit growth seen across all categories. In particular, quick commerce has gained popularity for packaged food, and daily essentials such as home care products,…

In keeping with the performance of the wider retail market, after the shock of the Russian invasion caused a sharp contraction in 2022, e-commerce in Ukraine saw current value sales rebound at a healthy pace in 2023. Indeed, it was among the channels…

Retail e-commerce in Israel continued to be supported by the constant evolution of retailers’ online platforms in 2023. Indeed, retailers and consumers alike were forced to embrace e-commerce during the era of the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions,…

After many years of double-digit current value growth for retail e-commerce in Hong Kong, sales turned to slight decline in 2023. At the beginning of February 2023 the Hong Kong Government implemented the full resumption of travel, with Hong Kong…

Following robust double-digit value growth over much of the review period, a trend already emerging prior to the pandemic, e-commerce sales in Chile started to stabilise in 2022 in line with greater mobility outside of the home, although they…

The Americanas scandal of accounting inconsistencies, which emerged at the start of 2023, undoubtedly caused a certain amount of noise in Brazilian retail; felt in both offline and online sales, both of which saw a slowing of growth in 2023. However,…

Retail e-commerce continued to register buoyant growth in Indonesia in 2023, continuing the trend seen throughout the review period. While the movement restrictions put in place to control the number of COVID-19 cases had a positive impact on online…

In 2023, retail value sales of retail e-commerce recoded healthy growth. The category benefited enormously from the pandemic during which there was a surge in the number of consumers shopping online. While the threat from COVID-19 has waned…

In 2023, retail e-commerce in New Zealand was affected by high inflation, with shoppers continuing to adapt their behaviours to the economic conditions around them. Product price increases were held to have accounted for the largest part of current…