Last year, around the festive season, Outside In had covered an insight features on ‘How India Shops Online’ – deriving from Bain’s rich reports on the same for 2021 & 2020 – here at:
Continuing the series, Bain just released the 2022 report, which serves as the primary source of this year’s post. However, I realize that this is the Diwali holiday week and no one’s really in a mood for a long read…
So, I will be keeping it short… with a simple ‘Highlights’ summary and a Link to download the full report for reading in your own sweet time…
Here’s the Link to this trend-tapping report by Bain:
https://www.bain.com/insights/how-india-shops-online-2022-report/
https://www.bain.com/globalassets/noindex/2022/bain_digest_how_india_shops_online_2022.pdf
Key Highlights
A) India Online Market in Numbers
B) India Digital Funnel Evolution – Steady Rise in the Numbers across the Funnel
C) Mature Shoppers Buy at Higher Price Points across Categories
D) Future of Online Shopping – New E-Retail Models Emerging
In Conclusion
E-retail Platforms need to focus on 3 key themes to achieve full potential
References & Sources:
1) How India Shops Online 2022 – Bain Report
2) India Retail Market Size 2022: https://www.indianretailer.com/article/whats-hot/retail-trends/india-retail-and-e-commerce-trends-2022.a8176
3) India Internet User Base 2022: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2022-india
4) India E-Commerce Digital Payments: https://www.outlookindia.com/business/one-fourth-of-e-commerce-payments-in-india-are-through-digital-wallets-finds-study-news-189086