
This Week in eCommerce Data: February 5th, 2021
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- This Week in eCommerce Data

Welcome to the thirty-sixth Week in eCommerce Data, where Friday begins with a dose of ecommerce data. In this week’s roundup, the growth of social commerce, the rise of facial recognition payment methods. Plus other ecom news elsewhere!
Key ecommerce data
30% annual growth
of social commerce until 2027, which is set to become a $600 billion market within the ecommerce environment.
$1.7 trillion
the value of Amazon as Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO, being replaced by Andy Jassy – starting in July.
$420 million
is being spent on facial recognition payments this year by Chinese ecommerce giant Alipay, as the tech is also beginning to be rolled out in the US and Europe.
61% of B2Bs
plan on spending more money on ecommerce technology throughout 2021.
100% more expensive
the surge in ecommerce has led to a shortage of cardboard in the UK, leading to higher prices.
130% increase
in orders reported at Toys R Us in Canada last year, whose site is hosted on Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
51%
of Amazon sellers reported higher sales during 2020, citing the pandemic for the reason.