Last year was a time of game-changing developments for the e-commerce sector. And it also acted as witness to an influx of industry players who were keen to tap into the burgeoning GCC and MENA market. According to analysts Frost and Sullivan, the e-commerce industry in the UAE is expected... read more →

The Australian e-commerce channel has seen a 23.8 per cent increase for the year ending 2017 compared with the previous year, with grocery e-commerce showing 403,000 new households adopting online shopping, new Nielsen research shows. The study found in the past 12 months there was a 22.9 per cent increase... read more →

Every country in Europe is different. So, it’s no surprise consumers of these countries have different online payment methods they prefer to use. In 2017, DPDgroup released its Barometer E-shopper report which shows the most popular online payment methods in Europe. When it comes to paying for the goods they... read more →

There are usually two ways for merchants to sell products online. Either they use a mature ecommerce platform like Amazon, or they build their own store by using platforms like Shopify. The former one means you can just focus on the products while the latter one gives you a chance... read more →

1. Give away the farm. There's absolutely no better way to increase your website's conversion rates than by giving away the farm. I know, it sounds crazy. However, what you're doing here is delivering real value. And if you're serious about building trust with the consumer, you truly do have... read more →

Consumers in the United Kingdom spent on average 74.09 euros per online FMCG purchase in 2016, which corresponds with a decrease of over 2 percent compared to the situation a year before. But still, the online ticket was 4.5 times higher than the offline one. Globally, only in Thailand consumers... read more →

The ecommerce industry in Russia was worth 920 billion rubles, which is about 14.85 billion euros, in 2016. This is an increase of 20 percent when compared to the year before. Estimates are ecommerce in Russia will reach 1 trillion rubles (16.14 billion euros) at the end of this year.... read more →

The world famous application analysis provider App Annie released the report pointed out that China's mobile gaming market has grown rapidly in recent years. Chinese game publishers have achieved success both within and outside the mainland China. As it is diffcult to compete with large players like Tencent and NetEase... read more →

About 47 million people in Germany have bought or ordered goods or services online for private use last year. This corresponds to 77 percent of the German internet users of 10 years and older. Compared to 2010, the amount of online shoppers has increased by around 20 percent. This statistic... read more →

The image of teenagers staring at smartphone screens is a time-capsule-worthy emblem of our times. The irony is that teens have suffered the indignity of underindexing significantly for owning smartphones, as explored in a new eMarketer report, “US Teens: How Smartphones Fit into (and Disrupt) Their Daily Lives” Earlier in... read more →