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Covid-19 Impact on Global E-commerce Market Size, Status and Forecast 2020-2026

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Mayur Kasrung
Covid-19 Impact on Global E-commerce Market Size, Status and Forecast 2020-2026

E-commerce Market:

WiseGuyReports.com adds “E-commerce Global Market Report 2020-30” reports to its database.

Executive Summary

The global e-commerce market is expected to grow from $1,808.5 billion in 2019 to about $2,405.3 billion in 2020. Due to Covid-19, a significant growth is seen in the demand for essential supplies such as food, medicine, hand sanitizers, tissue, and disinfectants. With people avoiding visiting market places and preferring to stay indoors, the online or e-commerce market is seeing a significant growth. The market is expected to stabilize and reach $3,056.3 billion at a CAGR of 14% through 2023.

The e-commerce market consists of sales of merchandise such as apparel, electronics, furniture, books, cosmetics, and other products through online channels. This industry includes e-commerce and m-commerce companies that offer home delivery services. The sales transaction between the retailers and their customers through the use of information technology including telephone and internet and delivery of merchandise is typically done through mail or couriers. The e-commerce industry also includes direct mailers who are selling their merchandise and retailing through online websites.

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The global e-commerce market has been geographically segmented into North America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, South America and Middle East & Africa. Asia Pacific was the largest region in the e-commerce market in 2019.

Increasing government and companies’ initiatives to promote e-commerce sales is a leading trend in the e-commerce market. According to Entracker’ s news published in August 2019, the Union Ministry of India announced the government plan to launch an e-commerce portal names Bharat Craft in India on lines of Alibaba, an e-commerce platform in China. This app is expected to provide a platform for MSMEs to market and sell their product, which is projected to boost the sector growth in the country.

The e-commerce market covered in this report is segmented by application into home appliances; clothing and footwear; books; cosmetics; baby goods; groceries; others.

Stringent regulations and vertical restraints imposed on the e-commerce sector is expected to limit the growth of the e-commerce industry in the near future. The vertical restraints such as across platforms parity agreements (APPA), geo-blocking, most favored nation (MFN), geo-filtering, and advertising restrictions is to act as a major challenge for e-commerce players. For instance, according to the SSC Online Blog on the vertical restraints in the Indian E-commerce Sector published in August 2019, stated that the CCI has the power to examine any contract relating to the e-commerce sector that leads to “Appreciable Adverse Effect on Competition” (AAEC) provided under Section 3 in India. Therefore, the stringent regulation imposed on functioning and advertising makes it difficult for e-commerce players to manage its operations, thus, adversely impact the growth of the e-commerce industry over the forthcoming years.

In December 2019, Safilo Group S.p.A., Italian company engaging in designing, producing, and distribution of frames, sports eyewear, sunglasses, ski goggles and helmets, and related products, announced the acquisition of 70% stake in Blenders Eyewear LLC, a digitally native retailer for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition is aimed towards accelerating e-commerce and omnichannel strategy and expand the global presence of Safilo Group S.p.A. Blenders Eyewear LLC is a California based company engaged in providing a high-quality lifestyle and active eyewear through e-commerce platforms at affordable prices with engaging brand content.

Rising internet penetration and the growing use of smartphones are predicted to contribute to the growth of the e-commerce market. The growing usage of the internet and smartphones is shifting consumer preferences towards online shopping. According to We Are Social’s special report on Digital 2019 published in January 2019, the total internet users in 2019 increased to 4.39 billion with a growth of 366 million or 9% in comparison with January 2018. Moreover, the number of mobile users was 5.11 billion in 2019, increased by 100 million or 2% in 2018. Therefore, increasing internet penetration coupled with the growing number of people using smartphones is projected to boost the demand for e-commerce market over the forecast period.

Major players in the e-commerce market are Amazon.com Inc., JD.com Inc., Suning Commerce Group Co. Ltd., Apple Inc., Walmart Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., Vipshop Holdings Ltd., Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd., Macy’s Inc., and Otto Group.

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