We live in the world where online shopping has become a new way for us to purchase items from electronics to books, travel coupons to cookware and clothes to beauty products. Online shopping has basically changed the way we live and has made life much simpler and convenient. It is a fact that most of the internet users have made atleast one online purchase and this is enough to stress on the popularity of this phenomenon.
1. Online Shopping In The Arab World
61% of all the Arab Internet users’ research products online before buying and 43% has experienced buying online. More men than women shop online in the Arab world. One of every 3 internet users purchase goods and services online at least once per month. 
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2. Understanding Online Shopping Behavior
US online retail sales alone is estimated to reach $370 Billion by 2017 which is up from $262 million in 2013. By 2014, 53% of total retail sales will be affected and dictated by the World Wide Web. It is a fact that 81% of consumers do research online before making a purchase decision. 
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3. November 2012 Online shopping Trends
From November 1 till November 4, there was an increase of 120% in the online purchase activity. It is a fact that sales jumped by 16% over 2011. On November 10th, social referrals grew by 40% whereas on November 7th, there was an increase of 23% in the mCommerce Traffic. 
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4.Online Shopping In China
Chinese consumers are expected to spend 177 Billion pounds in the year 2013 and more than 242 million Chinese people shop online! Out of these shoppers, 52% are male whereas 48% are female customers. Some reasons for online shopping in China are convenience, large variety of products and cheaper prices. 
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5. Have A Safe Online Shopping Experience
The top internet crimes which online customers can face are non-deliver payment, FBI-related scams; identify thefts, computer crimes, spam, auction fraud and credit fraud etc. So one must make sure that they use a secure browser. 
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6. Online Shopping Statistics
The average online shopper spent $186.33 on Black Friday. In the year 2010, Americans spent $186 Million in online transactions. About 66% of users have purchased an online product whereas 26% of all the people using the internet have used online auctions. 
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7. E-Commerce Holiday Shopping Statistics And Trends
It is estimation that US retail web sales will increase 16.8% over last year’s holiday shopping season while the 2012 holiday season has created 700000 new seasonal job opportunities in retail industry. It is a fact that 14.6% of traffic and 11% of retail sales come from mobile devices. 
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8. Black Friday Shoppers 2012
It is a fact that majority of shoppers check online first and wait until the Black Friday to stop. More females than males shop during Black Friday. The main reason for Black Friday online sales is that the prices are low, items are available easily and holiday gifts are easy to get. 
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9. Digital Shopping Trends
Out of all the digital shoppers, some categories included digitally dissociated, digitally divided, digitally experimental and digitally integrated. So which kind of a digital shopper are you? Well this depends upon how you much you satisfy the definition of these categories. 
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10. Online Shopping In Aruba
Expandeer did a survey to find out how Arubans are shopping online and they found out that 89.7% of the surveyed consumers said they have shopped online and more than males, females are shopping online. 61.5% consumers said that they would shop online from Aruban companies. Some concerns which Arubans faced while shopping online were security of personal details, price, and product quality and customer service. 
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11. The Exciting World Of Internet Shopping
UK customers have spent a total amount of 250 Billion pounds online during the period since the 1990. It is a fact that a dress and a pair of jeans is sold online every 12 seconds and another interesting fact is that online shoppers purchased an average of 39 items in 2011. 
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12. Presta Shop
Presta Shop is the worldwide fastest growing free open source E-commerce solution and under this platform, about 250 new online shops open every day! $31432500 is the amount of sales that are made every day with Presta Shop. Presta Shop continues to grow larger, both in terms of the physical aspect and popularity. 
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13. How Big Is eCommerce
Online shopping is pretty big in terms of popularity, sales and profitability. This can be estimated from the fact that about 80% of online population has used the internet to purchase something and the Ecommerce sales are growing by more than 19% a year and will be of most $1.4 Trillion by 2015. 
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14. Online Shopping Around The World
The top 5 things which people intend to buy online in the near future are books, clothing, airline tickets, electronic equipments and hotel reservations. The most critical audience as far as online shopping is concerned, belongs to Asia Pacific as far as online shopping is concerned, followed by South America and the Middle East. 
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15. The Great Indian Online Shopping Guide
The top international sites which ship their products to India are Amazon, Macy’s, Sears, Mango, JC Penny, Overstock and J Crew. The best ways to make the most of the online shopping experience is by comparing, waiting for discounts, using coupons, subscribing and getting cash back from shopping. The other great ways to do so are getting free shipping, using easy EMI and opting for cash on delivery. 
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16. Understanding Holiday Shoppers Online
The holiday shopping season only lasts through November and December. This means that the major discounts on products available online are valid through these two months. 52% of the holiday shoppers are looking for and buying clothes and electronics, 32.6% are buying toys while 21.3% are purchasing home décor items. 
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17. A Look Inside Retailer Deals
The deals which most shoppers are looking for from retailers are free shipping, real time discount offers, loyalty offers, discount of offers browsed in the past and daily deals and flash sales. Some of the common retail industries are books, clothing, electronic, cookware, beauty products, entertainment/promotional, specialty and cookware etc. 
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18. Cyber Monday Stats & Tips
Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day of the year and falls on the first Monday after Black Friday. It is the highest grossing online shopping day in US history and some devices which make the most sales are mobile devices, home computers and work computers. 
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19. China’s Consumers Go Mobile
Out of all the mobile shoppers in China are 58% men and 42% females. 50% of all the China’s mobile shoppers are aged between 21 and 30. Purchases made on mobile are pain 67 seconds faster than purchases made on PCs. The busiest time of the day in mobile shopping is 10pm. 
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20. The Online Shopping Cart Experience
The average checkout experience consists of 4 pages and this is without counting the confirmation page. If someone is building the checkout, then he/she must build it to analyze and test. Elements must be easy to change out as well. 
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