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$4,900,000,000
$4,900,000,000 -- online retail sales for global ecommerce sector (2021)
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60
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20
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30
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45
Freshness
95
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Locaria
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https://locaria.com/the-opportunities-challenges-of-online-retail-marketplaces/ ↗
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The Opportunities & Challenges of Online Retail Marketplaces | Locaria
The ecommerce sector has more than doubled in size in recent years, with worldwide online retail sales soaring from $1.5 billion (£1.2 billion) in 2015 to an anticipated $3.5 billion this year. By 2021, that figure could increase to almost $4.9 billion.
It’s an industry that offers vast global poten…
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global ecommerce sector: $4,900,000,000 online retail sales. Source: Locaria (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-online-retail-sales-2021-forecast
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