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eMarketer: COVID-19 Retail Recovery Will Take Longer Than ‘Great Recession’ Rebound

Retail TouchPoints

Before the pandemic prompted closures of retail stores around the globe, eMarketer had forecast that 2020 worldwide retail sales would reach $26.46 The magnitude of the downturn and pace of recovery will be harder on the retail market than the Great Recession,” according to an article on the eMarketer site. for the year.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. 1992 Book Stacks Unlimited launches as one of the first online marketplaces for books. 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system. 2009 Square, Inc. Image source.

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How Retailers Can Leverage Technology to Turn Economic Uncertainty Into an Opportunity

Kibo

The dramatic online retail boom of the stay-at-home pandemic era seems to have come to a decisive end. . But despite growth slowing, revenues from online sales continue to be strong and vastly outstrip pre-pandemic revenues. Why online retailers should continue to invest in eCommerce technology.

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Magento Versus Shopify: Which Platform You Should Choose in 2020?

Onilab User Guides

The Canadian company launched its product 2,5 years later, in June 2006, and then added the API and Shopify Apps in 2009. Shopify’s plug-and-play mentality works great for customers who just start out or have recently migrated from another platform because they realized Shopify can be cheaper and fulfill all their needs at the same time.

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