1_Online shopping

1_Online shopping

1. 41 % of global internet users having purchased products online in 2013

2. In 2015 China was the country where most internet users had bought a product online within the previous month

3. Other countries where online shopping is thriving are Germany, India, Brazil and United Kingdom

4. In 2013, global e-retail sales amounted to 839.8 billion U.S. dollars and projections show a growth of up to 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars by 2018.

5. In recent years, mobile shopping has been on the rise, with customers increasingly using their mobile devices for various online shopping activities

   • 46 percent of internet users in the Asia Pacific region and 20 percent of those in North America had purchased products via a mobile device, whether smartphone or tablet computer

6. Amazon.com is one of the most popular and well-known example of an online shopping platform.

7. Most popular product categories to be shopped online are electronics, fashion and apparel or home appliances.

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