Charts
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Payments
Charts: Growth of Global Payments, Cryptocurrencies
January 19, 2022 • Adel Boukarroum
The shift to digital commerce has translated into a dramatic increase in global payment volume. In four charts, we illustrate historical and projected payments growth worldwide.
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Email Marketing
Charts: Global Email Volume, Users, Marketing
January 5, 2022 • Adel Boukarroum
The world's first email was sent in the early 1970s. Since then email has evolved into a vital digital marketing tool. The number of global emails sent has climbed each year as the internet has become more accessible. Over 306 billion emails were sent daily in 2020. That number will rise to roughly 376.4 billion per day by 2025.
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Business
Charts: Top Global Search Engines
December 28, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
Search engines are an integral part of our everyday lives. Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others enable billions of consumers worldwide to locate the content they need quickly. For more than a decade, Google has dominated the industry, consistently processing more than 80% of worldwide queries.
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Business
Charts: Online Grocery Sales in the U.S.
December 22, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
Ecommerce will account for over 20% of U.S. grocery sales by 2025. That’s according to a new report from Incisiv, a research firm, and Mercātus, digital-focused grocery consultants. The study, “eGrocery’s New ...
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Charts: Shipping Backlogs; Container Prices
December 14, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
Increased demand for consumer goods, Covid-induced disruptions in container ship schedules, and a labor shortage at ports have produced longer wait times and supply-chain disruptions.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Charts: Supply Chain Disruption Worldwide, U.S.
December 1, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
In its October 2021 World Economic Outlook report, "Recovery During a Pandemic," the International Monetary Fund highlighted how supply bottlenecks are key contributors to inflation and economic uncertainty. According to the report, shortages and other supply-demand dynamics have impacted the flow of crucial manufacturing components.
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Business
Charts: Ecommerce Share of Global Retail Sales
November 18, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
It's no surprise that the ecommerce share of worldwide retail sales has been surging. In July eMarketer estimated that share to reach 19.6% this year, a massive 42% increase from 2019. By 2025 the percentage will be 24.5%, according to eMarketer.
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Business
Charts: Ecommerce in the Middle East (Stats, Outlook)
November 11, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
The Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union in the Middle East. In 2015, ecommerce revenue in the GCC was $5.3 billion, or just 0.4% of gross domestic product. By 2020, revenue had quadrupled to $21.6 billion.
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Local Business
Charts: Physical Retail to Transform Layout, Purpose
November 3, 2021 • Adel Boukarroum
The shift to online buying could prompt physical retail stores worldwide to commit a third of their space for online fulfillment. That's according to Edge by Ascential, a U.K.-based research and advisory firm.
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