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Mercado Libre is Latin America’s biggest ecommerce player by far, but competition from local players is heating up. This will force the regional giant to ramp up investments to maintain—and grow—market share, per eMarketer | Insider Intelligence.
Read MoreArgentina’s retail ecommerce industry proved resilient amid years of double-digit inflation and turbulent market activity. 2022 will present retailers with a host of challenges as soaring consumer prices, high unemployment, and a plummeting currency weigh heavily on shoppers’ minds—and wallets. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Several factors make Argentina an attractive market for online sellers.
Read MoreBrazil will be the world’s 10th-fastest-growing country in retail ecommerce sales this year, after Mexico. Ten product categories—including computer and consumer electronics, auto and parts, and apparel and accessories—will drive sales beyond the $50 billion (BRL 269.88 billion) mark for the first time.
Read MoreThis year, retail ecommerce sales in Argentina will rise by 51.4% year over year to nearly ARS 2 trillion ($15 billion). The food and beverage, furniture and home furnishings, and auto and parts categories will all see strong growth in online sales that will help drive the country’s overall ecommerce market through the end of our forecast period in 2026.
Read MoreMercado Libre is Latin America’s dominant retail ecommerce player. Although the ecommerce giant faces intense competition from other local players, multibillion-dollar investments will help the company grow and maintain its market share.
Read MoreRetailers in Latin America will face a slew of macroeconomic challenges this year as rapidly changing market conditions weigh heavily on consumers’ minds—and wallets. eMarketer | Insider Intelligence’s latest report, "Latin America Ecommerce Forecast 2022," explores how the ongoing geopolitical upheaval and economic uncertainty in the region will impact consumer spending in each of the three markets the company forecasts.
Read MoreRetail ecommerce spending in Latin America will begin to decelerate in 2022 after two years of record growth. Despite a return to in-store shopping and mounting economic headwinds—like high inflation—digital sales will continue to reach new heights.
Read MoreThe last three months of the year used to be a make-or-break period for retailers, but consumers in Latin America are now spreading out their digital purchases over the entire year.
Read MoreRetail ecommerce sales in Latin America remained strong in 2021, with a return to in-store shopping slowing down digital growth for some—but not all—companies. 2022 will be a more challenging year for retailers as ecommerce growth decelerates and shopping habits become more fluid.
Read MoreAd spending in Latin America quickly rebounded from the devastating effects of the pandemic. While 2021 was a year of recovery, 2022 will prove to be another year of record spending, with digital in the driver’s seat.
Read MoreThe preference of online shoppers in Latin America to conduct pre-purchase product research on search engines like Google is losing out to a new habit of researching via the sites of multicategory retailers like Amazon and Mercado Libre.
Read MoreIn Latin America, ad buys on ecommerce channels consist of lower-funnel actions like sponsored product ads. Although brands are shifting spending to more upper-funnel formats, such as sponsored display and video, these performance-driven formats will remain the cornerstone of marketers’ retail media strategies in the near term.
Read MoreRetail media, while still nascent, has become a boon for marketers in Latin America in an increasingly competitive digital landscape. Ecommerce is reaching new heights, and brands vying to reach intent-driven shoppers with the right message at the right time will turn to retail media networks for their marketing strategies in 2022.
Read MoreTikTok’s adoption has exploded in Latin America. In eMarketer | Insider Intelligence’s inaugural forecast, we estimate that TikTok surpassed the 100 million user mark in the region last year. In 2022, users will surge 12.8% year over year (YoY) to 136.1 million. More than 3 in 10 internet users will be on the platform.
Read MoreNearly 400 million people in Latin America will use social networks in 2022. Facebook remains the region's biggest platform, but it will experience its slowest user growth on record this year as TikTok and Instagram make gains.
Read MoreLos consumidores de América Latina van por las marcas que ven los problemas sociales y de gobierno.
Read MoreOver the past two years, retail ecommerce in Latin America has experienced unprecedented growth. Now, although people are returning to physical stores, consumers have fully embraced buying online, paving the way for long-term growth in the region.
Read MoreThis report analyzes H1 2021 retail ecommerce sales figures for seven companies in Latin America, including Mercado Libre, Magazine Luiza, and Falabella. It also explores key trends that are helping to fuel ecommerce growth at each of these companies.
Read MoreBrands will need to look beyond climate change lip service and create strategies that address consumers’ specific concerns in each of the markets they operate in Latin America.
Read MoreLatin America is no stranger to change, but consumers’ quick embrace of new digital habits grew at an unprecedented rate and scale like never before during the pandemic. In 2022, expect a surge in digital payment adoption, a change in consumer expectations around ecommerce, a struggle with sustainability issues, an embrace of social media by small businesses, and the rise of retail media networks in Latin America.
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