
This Week in eCommerce Data: December 3rd, 2021
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- This Week in eCommerce Data

Welcome to the 79th Week in eCommerce Data, where Friday begins with a dose of ecommerce data. In this week’s roundup, we look at Cyber Monday disappointment, Thanksgiving sales, and ecommerce messaging! Plus, other ecommerce news from elsewhere!
Key ecommerce data
-1.4%
Sales for Cyber Monday dropped for the first time ever this year, with businesses taking in $10.7 billion.
1% increase
in year-on-year ecommerce sales during Thanksgiving Day, with sales reaching $6.9 billion.
94% of first orders
from retail merchants included product images, with Square now making it easier for sellers to take high-quality product photos from a mobile and syncing them to the item catalog.
124% increase
in out-of-stock messages on ecommerce websites during November when compared to January 2020.
17.7%
of Black Friday sales were gobbled up by Amazon, with popular purchases including Apple AirPods, Fire TV sticks, and the Revlon Hair Dryer.
Between $843 and $859 billion
the forecasted value of retail sales in November and December, according to the National Retail Federation.
$15 million
the amount raised in series A funding by the digital marketplace Meru, which has ambitions of being Latin America’s Alibaba.
€120 billion
the value of the European online marketplace, with 50% of shoppers using them.