China has been projected to account for more than 50 per cent of the world’s online retail market in 2017, according to a recent report. With its immense population and high online shopper penetration among internet users, China leads in the global B2C e-commerce arena in spite of its internet penetration of just above 50 per cent of total population.
The report titled ‘China B2C E-Commerce Market 2017’ published by yStats.com said that around two -thirds of the internet users in urban China already shop online, the share is higher in the top cities. With the online share of total retail sales in the country already in the double-digits, the internet retail market in China is showing distinct signs of maturity. Among them are the growing contribution of the B2C segment and the retreating C2C share of total retail e-commerce sales.
More e-commerce growth is expected by 2020 due to increasing internet and online shopper penetration rates, growing frequency of online purchases by urban consumers and, most of all, from the surge of online retail sales in rural China. According to official statistics referenced in this report, online retail sales in China’s rural areas are more than doubled between 2015 and 2016.
– Apparel and Textile News, Apparel Talk, Indian Apparel
