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| Feb 15, 2024
Cross-border ecommerce is rising in popularity as US consumers look for value amid inflation. But growth has slowed from previous boom years.
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| May 16, 2023
But the stability of the US dollar—and more business-friendly policies—could breathe new life into Argentina’s severely underpenetrated cross-border ecommerce market once Milei turns his campaign promises into reality. Sources. Atlantico. Canva. Censuswide. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC). Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
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| Jan 4, 2024
Cross-border ecommerce continues to rise in popularity among US consumers, even as growth in the number of buyers slows. In 2023, the US will rank second globally in total cross-border buyers, with 69.8 million, per our forecast. It will trail far behind China’s 280.0 million, but that’s because of relative population sizes.
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| May 23, 2023
Close to a third of US digital buyers will purchase from a company located outside the country in 2024, for a total of 71.8 million cross-border ecommerce buyers, per our forecast.
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| Jun 13, 2023
As Latin America’s digital revolution marches on, advertisers and retailers must keep pace with how and where consumers are spending their time—and money—if they wish to maintain a competitive edge in today’s rapidly evolving business environment.
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| Mar 15, 2024
Cost-conscious European consumers are increasingly turning to cross-border ecommerce to hunt for the best deals. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of millennials and 60% of Gen Zers in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the UK are shopping cross-border several times a year, per a June 2023 report by Worldline. Omnichannel retailers will outperform the market.
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| Aug 9, 2023
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| Aug 16, 2022
Source: Ipsos MORI; PayPal
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| Jan 11, 2024
Source: International Post Corporation
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| Jan 11, 2024
Source: International Post Corporation
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| Jan 11, 2024
Source: International Post Corporation
Leading providers are ramping up cross-border ecommerce offerings and dabbling in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Speed and Seamlessness Shape All Corners of Payments. Economic upheaval has made high-efficiency, low-cost payment solutions more important across the ecosystem.
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| Feb 28, 2023
The rise of shopping apps selling ultralow-cost goods from China is drawing more value-driven US consumers. But are their strategies sustainable over the long term?
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| May 19, 2023
Chinese players will seek cross-border ecommerce. The US has a receptive audience of young, budget-conscious consumers looking for trendy goods—Shein’s massive popularity reflects this, and now TikTok and others want in. A Tale of Two Consumers: Mid-Tier Brands Face Uphill Battle. Consumer bifurcation hollows out the middle.
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| Dec 8, 2022
On today’s podcast episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by our researcher Man-Chung Cheung and analyst Carina Perkins to examine TikTok’s ecommerce plans around the world, looking at what’s driven success in some markets and held it back in others.
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| Sep 25, 2023
But the cross-border ecommerce market is expected to grow significantly outside China in 2021. A study by Cross-border Commerce Europe and FedEx found that such sales in Western Europe and Scandinavia will increase 51% by 2022 to €220 billion ($251 billion).
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| Nov 2, 2021
Providers Will Reduce Seller Pain Points in Cross-Border Ecommerce. Cross-border ecommerce transactions grew 17% in 2020 and likely maintained their upswing into 2021, according to McKinsey. These gains are reflected in steady increases in cross-border buyers globally, particularly in China, which has pushed merchant services providers to help clients attract global buyers.
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| Feb 8, 2022
Alibaba, Amazon, and Mercado Libre dominate retail ecommerce in different parts of the world. Here’s a look at how these marketplaces stack up, in seven charts and graphics.
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| Dec 15, 2022
This will continue as Mastercard capitalizes on its market-leading position: The number of cross-border ecommerce transactions is expected to nearly double between 2022 and 2026, per Juniper Research. Mastercard partnered with several companies in Q1 to enhance its offerings and boost volume, including Citizens and Checkout.com.
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| Apr 28, 2023
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Source: Adyen; Opinium Research LLP
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| Oct 1, 2023
Source: Insider Intelligence
Temu is PDD’s first foray into cross-border ecommerce and has targeted the US market first, with Canada up next. 2. It’s being downloaded at a breakneck pace. Temu has been topping the US ecommerce app charts since it was released in September 2022.
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| Feb 17, 2023
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| Oct 1, 2023
Source: Insider Intelligence | eMarketer
“Shopping apps and marketplaces that specialize in ultralow-cost goods from China are gaining a foothold among US consumers—with broader implications for the future of ecommerce,” our analyst Sky Canaves wrote in our Chinese Ecommerce in the US report. Canaves expanded on what’s driving this retail opportunity for companies like Shein, Temu, and TikTok in the US and how it will impact the US market on a recent “Reimagining Retail” podcast episode.
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| Aug 10, 2023
AirAsia already has the tools for cross-border ecommerce logistics: It has experience in air cargo and owns more than 250 planes, which fly to about 150 destinations worldwide. Drivers and delivery workers onboarded to its super app can also supplement the airline’s logistics capabilities.
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| Dec 17, 2021