Presentation of the research "E-commerce in Italy 2014" by Casaleggio Associati

1. E-COMMERCE IN ITALy
2014
#ecommerce2014
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2.  #Ecommerce2014
AGENDA
The State of
E-commerce
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Strategies &
Marketing
2
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Internationalization
3
Mobile
4
Social Media
5
Market Trends
6
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5
6
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3. The State of E-commerce
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+6%
1.6 2.1
3.3
4.9
6.4
10.0
14.3
18.9
21.1
22.3
€ 0
€ 5
€ 10
€ 15
€ 20
€ 25
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
e-commerce in Italy
+12%
+29% +55%
+58%
+43%
+32%
+48% +31%
Turnover in billions €
 Variation %

5.  #Ecommerce2014
Industry sectors
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Food
Insurance
Home & Furnishings
Shopping Centers
Publishing
Consumer Electronics
Fashion
Health & Beauty
Leisure
Tourism
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Z

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Relative share of turnover

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Strategies & Marketing
2
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Products
search
engines
Amazon, ebay and
other big players are
the first place where
consumers search for
products
Physical
stores sell
online
Physical retail
activities launch
online sale to face the
economic crisis
Producers
become media
companies
Manufacturing and
service companies
communicate and sell
directly to final
customers
Mobile is the
favorite way
to browse
Mobile traffic has to
be exploited in order
to increase
conversions
e-commerce Trends
Digitalization
of
Retail
Integration between web
and offline points of sale
is the competitive
strategy of multichannel
players
6
5s 7

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OnLine brand promotion

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Marketing activities
Investment spread

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Short term investments

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from Visitor to Customer
Conversion rate
Average
1,9%
20%
21%
25%
41%
48%
No trust in online payment
Shipping time
Offline purchase
Shipping costs
Price
Never been
analyzed
Reason for failed
conversion
25%
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Conversion strategies
63%
Flash sales
& discunts
47%
Coupons &
vouchers
49%
Threshold
free shipping
22%
Free
shipping
44%
Website
graphics
29%
Customers
reviews
30%
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Purchase fulfillment

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trAFFIC sources
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Google
Is the 1st traffic source for
77%
Of e-commerce companies61%
Google
(organic)
16%
Google
(paid)
Website visits

Advertising on
Google
44%
Say it’s their 2°
source of traffic
✉
Email &
newsletter
1° traffic source
15%
Of e-commerce companies

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Traffic sources
Sources generating more conversions
7%
1%
1%
2%
5%
6%
7%
11%
20%
34%
37%
53%
Other
YouTube
Other social media
News websites
Blog
Display adv
Company's websites
Facebook
Price comparison sites
E-mail
Google (paid)
Google (organic)
 
0%
Of e-commerce companies
twitter &
pinterest
Don’t generate conversions

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Internationalization
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Presence in foreign markets

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43%
22%
14%
17%
4%
International strategies
Multilanguage
website
Italian-only
website
Multinationals
Agencies
abroad
Italy-only
sales
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International turnover
International
turnover
Average
29% €€€€€€€€€€
Multilingual
website 41% €€€€€€€€€€
Italian-only
website 8% €€€€€€€€€€
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% of turnover coming from foreign countries

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Mobile
4
5
6

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Mobile: turnover & budget
5
6 Mobile
turnover
2013
Average 8%
Marketing
budget
2013
Average
5% in 2012 3.5% in 2012
$
8.5%
+30%
Individuals who
access internet
from smartphone
2014 vs 2013
+156%
Individuals who
access internet
from tablet
2014 vs 2013
5 6
Data: Audiweb, 2014 (Italian population)
% of turnover coming from mobiles

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No
investment
Maintain same
investment
Reduce
investment in
2014
Increase
investment in
2014
24% Ë
65%
↑
11%

0%↓
6
5
Mobile: Investment

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Mobile: Strategy
Priority activities for mobile commerce

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Social Media
5
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Social Media

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Maintain same
investment
No investment
Reduce
investment in
2014
Increase
investment in
2014
30%

50%
↑
15%
Ë
5%
↓
F
Social Media: Investment

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Social Media & ROI

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Market Trends
6
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Food
+15%
á Insurance
+10%
Home &
furnishings
+15%
Shopping
centers
+50%
Publishing
+5%
Consumer
electronics
+10%
Fashion
+28%
Health &
beauty
+19%
Leisure
+10%
Tourism
+25%
S BU l
B 7  Z
Industry sectors in 2014

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2014
#ecommerce2014
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