In great part thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been an extraordinary year for the ecommerce sector. As countries went into lockdowns, more and more consumers around the world turned to ecommerce to purchase goods they could no longer buy in person. Even when restrictions have eased, the evidence is that consumers do not return to previous purchase patterns. For this reason, the sector has changed over months at a pace that would normally take years.

As well as highlighting numbers that show these changes, the Global Report offers in-depth coverage of different ecommerce regions and countries, ranging from developing nations in Africa to mature markets such as the USA.

We also speak to retail professionals from around the world and consider some of the issues that will affect the sector in the years ahead: from increasing concerns over sustainability to the way that governments struggle to regulate the biggest technology companies.

The full report includes:

• Market context: Happy birthday to the World Wide Web. Why we must remember that ecommerce is still a young sector
• Partner perspectives: Linnworks, Asendia
• How Covid-19 has affected the retail sector worldwide
• Sustainability in focus
• The different ages of ecommerce in different countries
• Marketplaces around the world
• More than 90 pages of detailed graphs and charts including:
  • Coronavirus tracker
  • Global infrastructure and logistics
  • Global ecommerce: social media usage
  • Global ecommerce: B2C ecommerce turnover
  • Global ecommerce: E-GDP
  • Ecommerce in Africa, with country-specific figures for Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa & Tanzania
  • Ecommerce in Asia, with country-specific figures for Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand & South Korea
  • Ecommerce in Europe, with country-specific figures for France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain & the UK
  • Ecommerce in the Middle East, with country-specific figures for Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE
  • Ecommerce in North America, with country-specific figures for Canada, Mexico & the USA
  • Ecommerce in South America: with country-specific figures for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia & Peru
  • And much more