The ever growing
World of Ecommerce
Do you have all the facts? The concept of ecommerce was first introduced in late 1970’s and early 1980’s with the development of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). However the e-commerce we are aware started only after 90’s with the launch of World Wide Web.
Although there are contradictions on the fact but pizza Hut is one of the first ecommerce website launched in 1994
Facts about U.K internet marketing When it comes to ecommerce U.K is one of the biggest ecommerce markets in the world. Here are a few details taken from Statisticsbrain :
82 million
Internet Usage – 83% Online Shoppers – 40million Business to Customer sales in U.K – GBP 82million Mobile Commerce – 16.4 billion
Top Ecommerce Markets
U.K>Germany>U.S
About Users One of the most active and dynamic age group who use ecommerce falls between 25-49
Most Common Products and Services used Online
Talking about U.S the pizza delivery services is one of the most commonly used services online. In fact in a recent survey it was found out that the total traffic coming to the site in a day surpassed that of Facebook.
Clothing is the most common commodity bought online in U.K and Germany, followed by gadgets, auto parts. Late in 2008 BBC in one of their revealed that books are one of the top purchased products online. Here is a link for this
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