Unable to ‘try’ before they buy, consumers would never embrace online clothes shopping – or so many retail analysts once argued. Yet according to yStats, apparel is now the biggest e-commerce sector worldwide, the fastest-growing US ecommerce category, and accounts for more than three-quarters of internet sales in China. With…
Over 50% of New Zealand’s adult population buys online, according to a report issued by the market research agency yStats. New Zealand takes advantage of a developed infrastructure which has propelled the country among the top 20 countries worldwide in B2C ecommerce potential despite the island nation’s small population size.…
Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com’s comprehensive new report on online retail sales worldwide tells of continued growth and trends in the industry. The report, titled “Global B2C E-Commerce and Online Payment Market 2014” sees slowing growth rates overall following the vertiginous increases of recent years in North American and Western…
Investors looking for Chinese stocks to buy in 2014 got an amazing opportunity with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA), the largest IPO in U.S. history, when it started trading Sept. 19. While Alibaba (which is actually based in the Cayman Islands, not China) is the biggest player in the…
Although Australia isn’t the largest market or country in the Asia-Pacific region, it still packs a big punch in e-commerce. yStats.com, researcher and reporter on international market trends, recently published a report regarding the potential growth of the business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce market is the Asia-Pacific region. The report details the…
B2C E-Commerce in Russia has been growing rapidly responding to a variety of influences including the spread of Internet use in the large population. A new report, “Russia B2C E-Commerce Market 2014“, by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com details the growth, the trends and other information about the online retail…
While the global B2C ecommerce market is booming, there are luxury brands that have yet to embrace this sales channel, according to a press report by ystats.com. As a result, growing luxury ecommerce revenues have gone to online and multichannel retailers and flash sales sites. But as some of the…
Australia has the third highest business-to-consumer e-commerce sales rates in the AsiaPacific region, according to a report by German-based research firm yStats.com. The latest Asia-Pacific B2C e-Commerce Market Study found Australia has one of the most developed infrastructures, with internet penetration reaching more than 80 per cent of the total…
Though smaller in population than some emerging B2C ecommerce countries, advanced infrastructure and consumer behaviour favour online retail in Australia and New Zealand, says a latest report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com. One interesting aspect which has emerged from the report is that, while fashion apparel emerges as one…
Australians have been found to be ahead of the e-commerce game in our region, there are rumours of a float for MYOB, and statistics for the retail sector have thankfully shown a rebound of late. Australia at forefront of e-commerce use Australia has the third highest business-to-consumer e-commerce sales rates…