Welcome to the 91st Week in eCommerce Data, where Friday begins with a dose of ecommerce data. In this week’s roundup, we look at plenty of funding for ecommerce platforms, consumer habits, and the size of South Korea’s ecommerce market. Plus, other ecommerce news from elsewhere!
 

Key ecommerce data

79% of consumers

in the US that have made a purchase at a mass merchant in the last month. 

200,000 deliveries

made by Alphabet’s Wing drones as it announces that it will sell items from Walgreens stores, with Australia being one of the primary markets. 

5th largest

the size of ecommerce in South Korea is the fifth largest market in the world. 

$10 million

the amount raised in series A funding by Colombian fintech company Leal, which provides co-branded credit cards. 

3%

the share of grocery ecommerce across Latin America, up from just 1% before the pandemic began. 

$3 million

the amount raised by social media commerce platform Tushop, the Kenyan platform that allows group buying of fast-moving goods. 

$70 million

the amount raised in series A funding by Productsup, a startup platform that helps retailers with ecommerce business management tools. 

$82 million

the amount raised in series B funding by ecommerce platform SamCart, which is based in Texas.