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E-commerce worldwide

In 2023 so far, China has generated revenue of 1.535 trillion USD. America occupies second place by generating half of China's revenue – 875 trillion USD.

E-commerce (electronic commerce) may be the activity of electronically buying or selling products via online services or even the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies for example mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange, inventory management systems, and automatic data collection systems. E-commerce is within turn driven by the technological advances of the semiconductor industry and it is the largest sector from the electronics industry.

There are three areas of e-commerce: online retailing, electronic markets, and online auctions. E-commerce is supported by electronic business. The existence worth of e-commerce is to allow consumers to shop and pay online, saving customers and firms time and space, while greatly improving transaction efficiency, especially for busy office workers.

Contemporary electronic commerce could be classified into two classes. The first category is business based on kinds of goods sold (involves everything from ordering “digital” content for fast online consumption to ordering conventional products or services to “meta” services to facilitate other types of electronic commerce). The 2nd category is dependant on the nature of the participant (B2B – Business to business, B2C – Business-to-consumer, C2B – Consumer to business and C2C – Consumer-to-consumer).

At the institutional level, big corporations and financial institutions search on the internet to exchange financial data to facilitate domestic and international business. Data integrity and security are pressing issues for electronic commerce.

In March 2023, global retail website traffic hit 14.3 billion visits signifying an unprecedented development of e-commerce throughout the lockdown of 2023. Later studies show that online sales increased by 25% an internet-based grocery shopping increased by over 100% during the crisis in the United States. Meanwhile, as many as 29% of surveyed shoppers suggest that they'll never go back to shopping in person again; in the united kingdom, 43% of consumers suggest that they hope to keep on shopping exactly the same way despite the lockdown is over.

E-commerce retail sales reveal that COVID-19 has had a substantial effect on them and they are expected to reach $6.5 trillion by 2023.

What's the present situation in the world like?

According to the data published by the Statisticians website, in 2023 to date, China has generated revenue of 1.535 trillion USD. America occupies second place by establishing a half of China's revenue – 875 trillion USD, accompanied by Japan, Germany, the UK, South Korea, India, France, Indonesia and Canada (59 million USD).

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