What’s driving ecommerce growth in Argentina?
Argentina’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. Argentina’s retail ecommerce penetration rivals that of more economically advanced countries. This year, ecommerce sales will account for 12.0% of total retail sales in the country. That will put Argentina slightly ahead of France (11.9%), as well as Germany and Australia (both 11.1%).
Consumers’ love of ecommerce shows no signs of waning. Nearly 1 million people ages 14 and older will make a digital purchase for the first time in 2022. This year, 21.5 million digital buyers in Argentina—or roughly 60% of the country’s population in that age range—will make at least one online purchase.
Argentina will outpace both Brazil and Mexico in a key metric—digital buyer penetration. That means larger percentages of internet users and the total population will make an online purchase in Argentina this year than in either of those countries.
Product categories driving ecommerce sales growth
Three categories, in particular, will drive ecommerce sales growth: food and beverage, furniture and home furnishings, and auto and parts.
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