According to a recent study conducted by the American giant Amazon, online commerce is growing more in France. Thanks to this growth, French households have been able to make considerable savings over several years. Details !
Favorable growth in online commerce for French households
According to this study, the growth of e-commerce has allowed the French to save the equivalent of 17 billion euros over 10 years. More precisely, this sum was collected between 2010 and 2019. Proof that this market is perfectly resistant to inflation. In fact, online commerce has quite a few advantages.
Still according to this study, the ease of comparing offers in a few clicks is one of the advantages of online commerce. What to encourage e-retailers to highlight the best prices.
In details, 84% of online consumers say they save money thanks to e-commerce. They find the best value for money there. Prices are therefore driven down thanks in particular to this possibility of comparing prices and offers on the Internet.
The study reveals other advantages of e-commerce such as a wide range of products sold online. 89% of respondents appreciate this large selection of products. Nowadays, there are many products available in online stores and they have lower prices. Added to this is the free delivery service, often subject to a (monthly) subscription.
E-commerce to fight inflation
According to this study carried out by the Compass Lexecon firm, e-commerce produces an anti-inflation effect. But there are other advantages attached to it. They were identified based on the online shopping experience of French people. For 89% of respondents, the vast choice of products is one of the main advantages of e-commerce.
84% of them consider attractive prices to be advantages of online commerce. 88% vote for saving time.
In details, the 17 million euros in savings linked to online commerce correspond to a year of inflation. And, this takes into account all categories of products and services combined.
Eloquent figures on Amazon!
E-commerce occupies a growing place in the daily lives of French households. This is particularly the case for Amazon. Still according to this study, 94% of this platform’s customers are satisfied with its services. They find it useful in their daily lives.
In the countryside, 85% of Amazon consumers believe that they can find products that cannot be found in their local stores. Unfortunately, their numbers are gradually decreasing there.
In short, e-commerce has been a real success for several years. Impossible to replace it these days. The reason why several French households subscribe to online commerce as consumers. However, delivery is sometimes charged on certain online sales platforms.
