This statistic presents the forecasted year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2021. It was forecast that while online retail sector is expected to boom throughout 2020, by 2021 growth rate will go down to normal levels. In all major European countries, online retail sales in 2020 showed a percentage change of varying degrees, between 22 in Germany and 75 percent in Spain.
Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021*
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* Forecast. Percentage growths were calculated by using the forecasted annual online retail values provided by the same source. The source makes the following note regarding the definition of "retail": "[Estimates relate only to sales of retail merchandise and exclude gambling, fast food, vehicle sales and repair, casual dining, banks and insurance and, vehicle fuel."
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Centre for Retail Research. (September 23, 2020). Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/
Centre for Retail Research. "Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021*." Chart. September 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/
Centre for Retail Research. (2020). Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/
Centre for Retail Research. "Year-on-year Increase in Online Retail Sales in Selected European Countries in 2020 and 2021*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/
Centre for Retail Research, Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/ (last visited April 12, 2025)
Year-on-year increase in online retail sales in selected European countries in 2020 and 2021* [Graph], Centre for Retail Research, September 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/795571/year-on-year-increase-in-b2c-e-commerce-sales-in-europe/
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