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38% -- ecommerce share of fmcg spending for Urban China FMCG market (2025)
E-commerce accounted for 38% of urban FMCG spending in China in 2025.
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2025
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Worldpanel by Numerator
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https://worldpanelbynumerator.com/insights/china-shopper-report-2026-vol-1 ↗
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Value-seeking shoppers reshape China’s FMCG market as growth shifts to lower-tier cities, older households and new channel battlegrounds | Worldpanel by Numerator
In 2025, total FMCG spending in urban China increased by a modest 0.9%, supported by 3.6% volume growth and offset by a 2.6% decline in average selling price (ASP). By Q1 2026, FMCG value declined 1.3% year on year even as volume continued to grow by 1.3%. However, data from April 2026 shows signs o…
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Worldpanel by Numerator China shopper panel data; e-commerce continued to gain share of urban FMCG spending
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Urban China FMCG market: 38% ecommerce share of fmcg spending. Source: Worldpanel by Numerator (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-urban-fmcg-spending-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-urban-fmcg-spending-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>38%</strong> -- ecommerce share of fmcg spending for Urban China FMCG market<br><small>Source: Worldpanel by Numerator (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-urban-fmcg-spending-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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