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Buying online is becoming increasingly popular in France.According Fevad Federation (e-commerce and distance selling), who prepared the balance Tuesday, Feb. 2 e-commerce sector in 2009, more than 7 out of 10 Internet users (70.5%) have already purchased online.Relation to the population in the French, the rate of online shoppers in France amounts to 45%, or nearly one in two French.
Between 2008 and 2009, the number of French online shoppers has increased by 2.1 million.They are now 24.4 million to connect to online stores to order their Christmas gifts or to shop.In one year, that number has even increased almost twice as fast (+9%) than the number of Internet users (5%).
In total, these 24.4 million online shoppers spendingEUR 25 billion online in 2009 Or 26% more than in 2008.On average, each e-consumer has spent about EUR 1.000 online last year (1,800 euros cons by shoppers in the United Kingdom) for 11 items purchased, and an average basket amounting to EUR 90.
"The growth of e-commerce is a global phenomenon," says Marc Lolivier, General Delegate of Fevad."There is no French exception in this area.Besides France ranks just in the European average, and remains far behind Great Britain and the Nordic countries.
"By studying the purchasing behavior of the French on the Internet, we realize that the Web is acclaimed for three main factors: lower price in stores, product choice and freedom to purchase at any time the day.These three features were once the strength of the first hypermarket in France.They now apply to the sector of e-commerce. "
In general, the French online shoppers is quite a woman (51%), rather young (32% are between 35-49 years), class AB + (38%), and living in the Paris region or another large city.However, the profile tends to evolve.Thus, the share of 50-64 years in the population of online shoppers has increased by 13% last year.
Commercial sites most visited sites in France remain in private sales.eBay leads with 12.85 million unique visitors in the fourth quarter of 2009 (data Médiamétrie / NetRatings), before PriceMinister, with 10.95 million unique visitors during the period.Follow Amazon (10.83 million), La Redoute (10.78 million) and Fnac (9.80 million).
According Fevad, the French sector of e-commerce should continue its strong growth in the coming years, particularly through the development of Internet access of households and growth in the number of merchant sites (over 64.000 in 2009, 17,000 more than in 2008). 31 billion should be spent this year on Internet 38 billion in 2011 and 46 billion by 2012, according to estimates by the Federation.
The record of e-commerce 2009 Fevad was conducted from 30 iCE panel consisting of 37 sites (3 Suisses, Alapage, Decathlon, Fnac, Pixmania Rue du Commerce, Surcouf, Travel sncf.com, etc..) And Panel of payment platforms totaling 64.100 sites (Atos Worldline, SP-Plus, Credit Mutuel-CIC, Monext Ogone Pay Box and PayPal).
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