Online Retail in Latin America Set for Growth, Says yStats.com Report

Hamburg, Germany, December 02, 2018 –(PR.com)– Brazil leads the region in B2C E-Commerce

Brazil is the regional leader in online retail sales volume and is expected to see continued growth. Purchases through mobile devices accounted for about a third of total online transactions in 2017, and the yStats.com report discloses that smartphones are used more often for online shopping research than purchases. The items frequently purchased online in Brazil through mobile include clothing, food and electronics.

M-commerce well accepted in Latin America

Thanks to burgeoning smartphone penetration, mobile commerce has seen growth rates in the double digits in some nations of the including Argentina, where smartphone app for MercadoLibre is the most used shopping app. In Columbia and Mexico, smartphones are used to connect to the Internet at a rate nearly twice that of laptop Internet connection. Though M-commerce has recently propelled online shopping, surveys cited in the yStats.com report show that factors such as security concerns and delivery issues restrain more rapid adoption of B2C E-Commerce in Latin America.

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