Retailers ramped up their e-commerce strategies to serve consumers that were shopping from home. Either due to mandated lockdowns or their own safety concerns. Retailers and consumer brands should keep five e-commerce trends top of mind in 2021, according to Forbes. A permanent shift to e-commerce One of the most profound changes unfolding in commerce is the shift to
93% of UK online shoppers bought from Amazon in the past year
Consumer poll shows the impact of lockdown on online shopping habits, and that Amazon will continue to be one of the biggest winners. London, UK – February 25, 2021 – Global e-commerce and marketplace specialist Pattern has polled UK online shoppers to understand how lockdown has changed their shopping habits and expectations for 2021, as well as their attitudes to
UK Top500 retailers in 2021
Over the last year, UK retail has shifted inexorably online. The COVID-19 outbreak resulted in the UK's population being locked down. Pushing consumers towards buying online and accelerating a switch to digital. New shopping behaviors will continue to develop as lockdowns are still being enforced. Factor in Brexit’s as-yet unknowable impacts and 2021 promises to be a year of
Switzerland at the top of global e-commerce index
Switzerland is the new number one on the B2C E-commerce Index of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It surpasses the Netherlands, which ended first in the previous two editions. UNCTAD ranks 152 countries on their readiness to engage in online commerce. The latest index shows that Europe is by far the most prepared region for e-commerce,
E-commerce 2021: shipping in Germany
Online shops in Germany have done a solid job in terms of shipping online orders to customers, says Ecommerce News. Last year, was a difficult year due to the sudden peak in e-commerce. However, a new study from ParcelLab shows that most things went well, placing test orders at 100 of the largest online shops in Germany to examine the entire shipping process carefully. DHL