B
Evidence Grade B
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84%
84% -- retailers citing supplier finding as biggest obstacle for ecommerce retailers (2026)
84% of ecommerce retailers state that finding a good supplier is their biggest obstacle.
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84%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
appscenic.com
Primary
Tier C
https://appscenic.com/blog/why-more-than-90-of-dropshippers-fail/ ↗
Source Article
Why Over 90% Of Dropshippers Fail (Dropshipping Success Rate)
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appscenic.com
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ecommerce retailers: 84% retailers citing supplier finding as biggest obstacle. Source: appscenic.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-retailers-supplier-obstacle-84
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