Ecommerce Sector Scorecard Q1 2024 Update - Thematic Intelligence

Ecommerce Sector Scorecard Q1 2024 Update - Thematic Intelligence

Summary

Consumers expect a seamless digital experience when shopping online, and central to this is a safe and secure payment process. Digital payments is an important theme for ecommerce companies, with all of the top five companies in the thematic screen of GlobalData’s ecommerce sector scorecard scoring at least 4 out of 5 in this theme. Additionally, the top three ranked companies (Visa, Mastercard, and Klarna) all provide consumer payment services, highlighting the importance of this aspect of ecommerce.

The top 10 companies on the thematic screen are still predominantly Western. Seven are headquartered in North America, two are European, and only one (JD.com) is based in Asia Pacific. Smaller players may find it hard to enter the top rankings without a niche offering. However, established players can improve their data privacy and supply chain management practices to dislodge the leaders.

Scope

This sector scorecard provides a top-down, comprehensive outlook for the key players in the ecommerce sector over the next two years, based on the key themes set to transform their industry landscape.

Reasons to Buy

Companies that invest in the right themes become success stories. Those that miss the important themes in their industry end up as failures.

GlobalData’s thematic research ecosystem is a single, integrated global research platform that provides an easy-to-use framework for tracking all themes across all companies in all sectors. It has a proven track record of identifying the important themes early, enabling companies to make the right investments ahead of the competition, and secure that all-important competitive advantage.

At GlobalData, we have developed a unique thematic methodology for ranking all major companies in all major sectors based on their relative strength in the big themes that are impacting their industries.

Our thematic engine tags over 180 million data items across six alternative data sets-patents, jobs, deals, filings, social media, and news-to themes. The vast datasets within our thematic engine help our analysts to produce sector scorecards that identify the companies best placed to succeed in a future filled with multiple disruptive threats.