This statistic provides information on B2C e-commerce sales worldwide in 2012 and 2013 including a forecast until 2018. In 2016, global B2C e-commerce sales are expected to reach 1.92 trillion U.S. dollars. As of the fourth quarter of 2016 the average value of global online shopping orders via desktop amounted to over 143 U.S. dollars. E-commerce orders via mobile averaged around 114.52 U.S. dollars and tablet shoppers usually spent close to 110 U.S. per online shopping order.
B2C e-commerce sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* Forecast. Includes products and services ordered and leisure and unmanaged business travel sales booked using the internet via any device, regardless of the method of payment or fulfillment, numbers may not add up in total due to rounding. Data regarding 2012 were published in a previous article.
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MarketingCharts. (July 23, 2014). B2C e-commerce sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261245/b2c-e-commerce-sales-worldwide/
MarketingCharts. "B2C e-commerce sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 23, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261245/b2c-e-commerce-sales-worldwide/
MarketingCharts. (2014). B2C e-commerce sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261245/b2c-e-commerce-sales-worldwide/
MarketingCharts. "B2c E-commerce Sales Worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jul 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261245/b2c-e-commerce-sales-worldwide/
MarketingCharts, B2C e-commerce sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261245/b2c-e-commerce-sales-worldwide/ (last visited June 01, 2020)
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