{"id":1670,"date":"2020-10-28T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T08:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capflowfunding.com\/kickstart-ecommerce-growth-retail-funding-solutions\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:38:17","slug":"kickstart-ecommerce-growth-retail-funding-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capflowfunding.com\/kickstart-ecommerce-growth-retail-funding-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Kickstart eCommerce Growth? Consider Retail Funding Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some retail merchants couldn\u2019t wait to enter the eCommerce marketplace. Others were leary and refrained from diving in, despite all the predictions of eCommerce growth. While those predictions were bound to come true eventually, the pandemic of 2020 has seen those predictions come to fruition. Whether you\u2019ve just been dabbling in online retail or are finally ready to transition to the eCommerce marketplace, the time is now. Still not convinced? Once you check out recent statistics and consider the benefits, you\u2019ll probably change your mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

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eCommerce Growth\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to <\/span>Statista<\/span><\/a>, global eCommerce sales are expected to increase 246.15% by 2021. That\u2019s up from 1.3 trillion in 2014 to 4.5 trillion in 2021. Ecommerce sales soared when the pandemic began, increasing by 44.5 % compared to second-quarter sales in 2019. While they have declined somewhat with the lo<\/span>o<\/span>s<\/span>en<\/span>ing of quarantine restrictions, they are still expected to show a 20% increase by the year\u2019s end.<\/span><\/p>\n

2020 also saw the decline of many brick and mortar stores. While the pandemic played a part in this, most business analysts claim it simply accelerated what was going to happen anyway. Many of the large chain stores were already opting to reduce the number of physical locations they have in favor of investing in their eCommerce growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Shopping Online and Why?<\/span><\/h2>\n

A 2017 report from <\/span>Statista<\/span><\/a> showed the breakdown of online shoppers by generation.<\/span><\/p>\n