Amazon continues free delivery for Israeli orders as it expects online sales in the UK to reach £12.8bn this year

Amazon plans to continue offering free shipping on orders from Israel

According to foreign media reports, Amazon recently announced that it would provide free shipping services to Israeli users with orders over $65, and would expand the categories of goods eligible for this service (except large items). It is reported that at the beginning, the free shipping service was just a temporary marketing plan to attract Israeli customers, but the growing shopping volume and interest of Israelis in online shopping made Amazon executives decide to continue to provide free shipping services.

Poshmark, a US second-hand platform, earned $81.8 million in Q2

On August 11, Poshmark, an online second-hand goods trading platform in the United States, released its second-quarter financial results as of June 30, 2021. In the second quarter, Poshmark's net income was US$81.8 million, a year-on-year increase of 22%; the total value of goods increased by 25% year-on-year to US$449.6 million, higher than US$359.7 million in the same period last year. In the past 12 months, Poshmark's active buyers reached 7 million in the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 16%.

UK online sales forecast to reach £12.8 billion in 2021

Recently, British express delivery company ParcelHero predicted that by the end of this year, online sales in the UK will account for 25% of total retail sales, reaching about 12.8 billion pounds. In addition, David Jinks MILT, director of consumer research at ParcelHero, said that before the epidemic, online sales in the UK accounted for 19% of total retail sales. Compared with 36.1% of all retail sales in February last year, online sales this year will decline. Therefore, with the lifting of the epidemic, this downward trend is normal.

Brazilian e-commerce company Casas Bahia's second quarter GMV increased 51% year-on-year

On August 12, Brazilian e-commerce Casas Bahia released its latest financial report for the second quarter of 2021. The financial report shows that Casas Bahia's GMV in the second quarter increased by 51% year-on-year to 11.4 billion Brazilian reais, including sales of Banqi digital bank, Casas Bahia online store and Ponto chain store; among them, digital sales reached 7.5 billion reais, an increase of 85% year-on-year, accounting for 65% of GMV, and the growth rate was 35.7%. The financial report also shows that Casas Bahia's net income in the second quarter rose 49.2% to 7.8 billion Brazilian reais; the number of SKUs soared from 3 million in March last year to 30 million in June this year; in June, the number of active buyers using installment payments exceeded 4 million, a year-on-year increase of 53%.

South Korean e-commerce Coupang's sales in Q2 2021 increased by 71% year-on-year

Coupang 's second quarter performance hit a new high this year, but due to the fire in the logistics center, the second quarter operating loss was US$514.93 million and the net loss was US$518.6 million; on June 17, a fire broke out in Coupang's Deping logistics center, and the related losses reached US$295 million. It is reported that Coupang's fresh food-related sales in the second quarter exceeded US$2 billion, doubling year-on-year. In addition, Coupang Eats sales reached three times that of the fourth quarter of last year. Coupang's active users increased by 26% in the second quarter to 17,020; the average purchase amount per person increased by 36% to US$263.

Youzan's GMV in the first half of 2021 was 48.1 billion yuan

On August 12, China Youzan released its 2021 first half performance report. The report shows that Youzan achieved revenue of 803 million yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%; the gross profit during the period was approximately 487 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.23%. In the first half of the year, Youzan's GMV was 48.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%. Among them, during the reporting period, the proportion of Kuaishou channel GMV dropped to 20%; the GMV of other channels increased by 34% year-on-year; the GMV from store SaaS products doubled, accounting for 25% of the overall GMV. In addition, during the reporting period, the average sales of a single merchant exceeded 550,000, a year-on-year increase of more than 19%. In the first half of the year, Youzan added 19,054 new paying merchants, and the ACV reached 12,811 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8%.

Tablet PC market shipments increased steadily in the first half of the year

According to the report data released by IDC, the growth rate of the tablet computer market slowed down slightly in the second quarter, but still maintained a year-on-year growth of 3.9%, with a total shipment of about 40.4 million units. In the first half of the year, the global tablet computer market shipped 80.35 million units, a year-on-year increase of 24.4%. In the first half of the year, the domestic market shipped 13.4 million units, a year-on-year increase of 29.7%. Due to the increasingly stable market demand, the recovery of channel inventory, and the fact that most manufacturers' most competitive new products of the year are concentrated in the second half of the year, it is expected that the Chinese tablet computer market will face fierce competition in the coming months.

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