A 2021 survey revealed that 56 percent of global consumers choose to shop online because they can do so at any time of the day. Another 50 percent of consumers worldwide reported that they choose to shop online because they find it more convenient than travelling to the store to shop.
Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation
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Millennials
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Foresight Factory. (July 7, 2021). Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/
Foresight Factory. "Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation." Chart. July 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/
Foresight Factory. (2021). Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/
Foresight Factory. "Main Reasons Consumers Worldwide Choose to Shop Online as of July 2021, by Generation." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/
Foresight Factory, Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/ (last visited July 31, 2024)
Main reasons consumers worldwide choose to shop online as of July 2021, by generation [Graph], Foresight Factory, July 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300972/main-reasons-choose-online-shopping-global/