The most important trends and numbers in B2C E-Commerce delivery, 2015

It is encouraging to observe that, the diversity of culture around the world enriches this industry and that, investments increase to improve services and the quality of products.

According Research andMarkets, through its new report, reveals that competition among online retailers for faster delivery has intensified, while online shoppers still value free delivery over same day delivery offerings. 

Connectikpeople.co can also observe that, the global growth of B2C E-Commerce creates both challenges and opportunities for the delivery sector: free shipping still remains the number one priority for almost two thirds of online shoppers worldwide. In Asia, for example, around half of digital buyers would add items to a cart in order to qualify for the free shipping service and in North America more than half of all online shoppers would choose longer delivery times.

The popularity of alternative delivery methods, such as click and collect is exciting: in Sweden for instance, close to half of online shoppers preferred to pick up their online orders from the post office or another location, rather than have these orders delivered to their home.

In Argentina, pick up at the point of sale was the second leading delivery method used by online shoppers in 2014.

When it comes to challenges, in the emerging markets, online consumers have to cope with long delivery times, as online retailers struggle with underdeveloped logistics. 

According to Research and Markets, the BRIC countries rank the highest in share of online shoppers who would pay more for faster delivery. 

In China, the two largest E-Commerce companies, Alibaba and JD.com compete in covering the largest number of cities with same day delivery. 

US-based Amazon.com continues to expand its one-hour delivery service in UK and Europe.