Investors looking for Chinese stocks to buy in 2014 got an amazing opportunity with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA), the largest IPO in U.S. history, when it started trading Sept. 19. While Alibaba (which is actually based in the Cayman Islands, not China) is the biggest player in the…
Although Australia isn’t the largest market or country in the Asia-Pacific region, it still packs a big punch in e-commerce. yStats.com, researcher and reporter on international market trends, recently published a report regarding the potential growth of the business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce market is the Asia-Pacific region. The report details the…
With Twitter set to unleash a new ‘Buy’ button feature that will apparently offer people the scope to find and buy products directly from a Tweet, we take a look at its foray into mobile shopping, how other tech giants are getting in on the action and the evolving mobile…
B2C E-Commerce in Russia has been growing rapidly responding to a variety of influences including the spread of Internet use in the large population. A new report, “Russia B2C E-Commerce Market 2014“, by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com details the growth, the trends and other information about the online retail…
According to yStats.com’s Global Online Gambling and Betting Market 2014, after New Jersey legalized online gambling in November 2013, companies generated $1 million per month, but today, that figure has jumped to $10 million to $12 million per month from online sources. Hundreds of thousands gambling accounts have been registered.…
While the global B2C ecommerce market is booming, there are luxury brands that have yet to embrace this sales channel, according to a press report by ystats.com. As a result, growing luxury ecommerce revenues have gone to online and multichannel retailers and flash sales sites. But as some of the…
From payment facilitators like FreeCharge and Atom to online marketplaces like Flipkart andSnapdeal, ecommerce companies in India are seeing a rapid increase in mobile traction, and are figuring out ways to address this mobile-first market. But the user experience is still far from hassle-free, compounded by mobile-unfriendly payment gateways and…
New Report highlights the Performance of Mobile Shopping in European Countries Mobile commerce is experiencing a promising period of success in Europe, according to a new report from yStats. The report shows that countries in Western Europe boast of high degrees of smartphone and tablet penetration, which is creating a favorable…
Australia has the third highest business-to-consumer e-commerce sales rates in the AsiaPacific region, according to a report by German-based research firm yStats.com. The latest Asia-Pacific B2C e-Commerce Market Study found Australia has one of the most developed infrastructures, with internet penetration reaching more than 80 per cent of the total…