- Despite 2020 being an extremely challenging year for retail, ecommerce sales saw a record growth rate of 27.6%, with the total amount pushing past US$4 trillion
- According to data gathered by eMarketer, the rate of growth will slow to 14.3% this year and 10.9% by 2022, but sales will continue to rise, pushing $5.42 trillion that year
- This level of growth is remarkable when compared to 2018, when global ecommerce sales had not passed $3 trillion. The data estimates that by 2024, it will have passed 6 trillion
Source : https://www.emarketer.com/content/worldwide-ecommerce-will-approach-5-trillion-this-year