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21% -- ecommerce share of retail sales for Online purchases as share of all retail sales worldwide (2026)
Online purchases are projected to account for roughly 21% of all retail sales worldwide in 2026.
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2026
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Methodology
35
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95
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serenitydigital.com
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https://www.serenitydigital.com/52/1412/how-to-grow-ecommerce-revenue-by-increasing-conversion-rate ↗
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How to Grow Ecommerce Revenue by Increasing Conversion Rate | Serenity Digital
How to Grow Ecommerce Revenue by Increasing Conversion Rate
DATE: 11th May 2026
CATEGORY: consultancy
TAGS: ecommerce, ux design, website design
AUTHOR: Heather Page
If an ecommerce platform isn’t built to convert, then no amount of traffic will help bring in that all important revenue.
That’s a pro…
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Online purchases as share of all retail sales worldwide: 21% ecommerce share of retail sales. Source: serenitydigital.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-of-retail-sales-2026
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