Detailing the best ways to keep consumers safe when purchasing products globally. Presented by Nancy Cowles at the CPSC Tri-lateral Summit on June 27th, 2018.
79% of Americans shop online (Pew Research Center Dec. 19, 2016: http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-commerce/).
In 2016, 58.3% of global internet users had purchased products online; this is expected to grow to 63% by 2019 (Statista July 2017: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261676/digital-buyer-penetration-worldwide/).
83% of the online population in China purchased a product online within the past month (Statista October 2017: https://www.statista.com/statistics/274251/retail-site-penetration-across-markets/).
57% of global online shoppers made an online purchase in the past six months from an overseas retailer (Orendorf September 1, 2017: https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/global-ecommerce-statistics).
In Europe, Great Britain, Germany and France have the highest per capita spending for online shopping in 2017 (Statista)
19.7% of grocery sales in South Korea were done online as of March 2017, more than any other country worldwide (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/south-koreans-buy-the-most-groceries-online-by-far/)