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Global Ecommerce Sales Will Decelerate This Year Ecommerce has been a bright spot among retail channels during the coronavirus, as consumers became reliant on digital transactions amid physical store closures and fear of infection. However, the impact on ecommerce retail spending has not been felt evenly across the world. Asia-Pacific and North America have led the regional totals for both brick-and-mortar and ecommerce sales, followed by Western Europe. Due in part to China's dominance, Asia-Pacific has gained a significant lead in ecommerce with 62.6% share, over North America and Western Europe, who are expected to have shares of 19.1% and 12.7%, respectively. While some regions experienced tremendous growth in certain sectors of retail, we have adjusted our ecommerce estimates down to $3.914 trillion, as the deceleration of global retail in 2020 has surely impacted overall global retail sales. Read the full article. [Assessment] Test Your Marketing Intelligence Each marketing team is in a different stage in establishing their intelligence strategy. Take the “Marketing Intelligence Maturity” Assessment, sponsored content made possible by Datorama, a Salesforce company, to see where you stand next to peers. Take the Assessment & Get the Playbook The Pandemic Has Driven Boomers to Increase Their Digital Shopping As the pandemic caused widespread shutdowns, consumers who traditionally preferred brick-and-mortar retail shifted at least some of their spending to digital channels. Full Article How Digital Giants in China Are Helping Revive the Country's Retail Sector China’s retail sector has been on a steady path to recovery over the past few months. According to June data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in China, retail sales experienced a year-over-year drop of 1.8%, reaching $485.30 billion (RMB3.353 trillion). That was an increase of 1 percentage point over the prior month. Full Article Meatless Farm on the Future of Plant-Based Food and the Shift to Ecommerce After launching in roughly 450 US Whole Foods locations—and partnering with New York City-based Italian restaurant Pomodoro Rosso last year—plant-based meat company Meatless Farm launched its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) site amid the pandemic, as consumer shopping behaviors continue to lean to ecommerce. Full Article What Digital Shopping Habits in the UK May Look Like Post-Pandemic UK consumers’ shopping habits have undergone a change that is unlikely to be reversed. According to our latest forecast, nonecommerce retail sales will drop by 16.0% this year, followed by a recovery in 2021. However, sales will never reach pre-pandemic levels. Full Article ©2020 eMarketer, Inc. 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036   eMarketer Retail Weekly is published by eMarketer, Inc. Tuesday, August 11 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (NY Time) Personal branding is about clarifying who you are, who you want to be, and how you want others to perceive you. In the new world of social distancing, Your Best Personal Brand Workshop will help you and your team become your best brand for every online engagement. “Your personal brand is your most important asset. You have an opportunity to be better every day.” - Gilman Hanson Speaker: Gilman Hanson, Co-Founder, Novamerge and Chief Design Officer, Hanson Design Registration Information Members: Free Non-members: $15 Webinar information will be provided to registrants once registration has been completed.

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