by Polona Golob | Feb 19, 2017
2017 is in full swing and so is ecommerce business. Based on research from emarketer.com forecasting ecommerce sales by country up till 2019, we’ve prepared an overview of the top 15 ecommerce markets in 2017. This way you can still properly re-valuate your annual marketing strategy and focus on the best ecommerce platforms. In 2016 global ecommerce website sales reached more than $22 trillion. This is a 6% yearly increase with sales estimating to reach $27 trillion in 2020.
by Polona Golob | Dec 9, 2016
“I don’t need much. Just someone, whom I can talk to, take a trip together and who has a similar sense of humor.” Sounds familiar? It’s almost a proverb among single people, where the same question has been asked for centuries: “Where does one go to meet new people?” The answer to this question has changed throughout time and if ladies in Victorian times swore by dinner invitations and society balls, today’s unattached men and women needn’t go further than the screen of their phone or desktop.
by Artur Kornienko | Apr 21, 2016
In our previous post we have discussed the fact that it can be sometimes challenging for Western companies to grasp Chinese cultural differences. These challenges are, however, not exclusive to China and can often arise even when you expand to a seemingly less mysterious country. This will be obvious after analyzing a story of an American electronics mega-store Best Buy and its failed attempt to enter the UK market.
by Artur Kornienko | Apr 16, 2016
Wal-Mart, the second largest retailer in the world, entered Japan in 2002. It used its common foreign strategy of creating a joint venture by purchasing large stakes in local retailers and taking control of ownership by gradually increasing the investment. However, its standard approach has backfired as WAL MART did not take into account the specifics of the Japanese retail market.
