
This Week in eCommerce Data: March 19th, 2021
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- This Week in eCommerce Data

Welcome to the 42nd Week in eCommerce Data, where Friday begins with a dose of ecommerce data. In this week’s roundup, we dig up stats relating to the growing importance of social media, top ecommerce markets, and digital-only strategies. Plus other ecom news elsewhere!
Key ecommerce data
48% of retailers
regard social media platforms as very important when it comes to boosting conversion rates.
$2.67 trillion spent
online around the world on the top 100 ecommerce marketplaces in 2020.
$12 million
the price tag that The Saadia Group paid for Lord & Taylor, which recently announced its relaunch as ecommerce only.
$1 trillion
the forecasted value of US ecommerce by the year 2022, with lasting ecommerce habits set to stick beyond the pandemic.
68% of consumers
would place a delivery online if it includes fast shipping, as same-day delivery is considered more important than ever.
$25 billion by 2023
the expected value of livestream commerce, as Nordstrom recently unveiled its livestream shopping channel.
49% of Irish shoppers
do the majority of their online shopping at local small- and medium-sized businesses.