The Top E-Commerce Giants Today
The e-commerce sector continues to grow by leaps and bounds. It is predicted that worldwide online spending will pass the $4 trillion mark two years from now. The robust sector has also forced many traditional retailers to either close down or shift to selling online. Retail company Cushman and Wakefield said that it expects up to 12,000 retailers to close this year.
Below is a rundown of some of the biggest e-commerce companies today:
E-commerce giant #1: Amazon
It’s not hard to understand why Amazon owner Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world today with a value of more than $141 billion. He controls the biggest e-commerce company in the world with more than 1.2 billion in online population. Amazon is present in 58 countries and highly popular in North America and Europe. It is also making its presence felt in the Middle East.
E-commerce giant #2: Alibaba
If Amazon rules the United States, then Alibaba rules the other big economy in the East– China. With an online population of nearly 1.1 billion, Alibaba is considered as the second biggest internet commerce firm on the planet. It’s main market is in Asia with its subsidiaries Taobao and Lazada dominating east and southeast Asia. It also has a stake in Tokopedia which is the number one online marketplace in Indonesia.
E-commerce giant #3: MercadoLibre
Present in nine countries in South America, MercadoLibre has an online population of 341 million. Like Amazon and Alibaba, it is a thriving online marketplace that sells items from almost all industries.
E-commerce giant #4: Naspers
Unlike the three other firms listed above, Naspers has actually been around for more than a century. It is a media company which made an investment inTencent in the year 2000s.
