‘Global Ecommerce to Hit $1.2 Trillion This Year, Led by Asia’ – ‘Mashable’

Lauren Indvik says, “Ecommerce sales are forecast to increase 17% to $1.2 trillion worldwide this year, led by growth in the Asia-Pacific region.Indonesia is expected to experience greater ecommerce growth, proportionately speaking, than any other country this year, according toestimates published Thursday by eMarketer. Online sales are expected to increase 71.3% to $1.8 billion. China, whose ecommerce market is already more than 100 times larger than Indonesia’s, is expected to grow the second fastest, increasing 65.1% to $181 billion. (Other groups believe China is generating much more than that already.)”.