European eCommerce Market Still Strong

9 July, 2008

International Business Trends

There seems to be a set of common current buzz words in English speaking countries. Everyone is talking about high gas prices and slow economies. And I have read several headlines recently on how to survive business slumps.

Apparently this slump has hit online business sectors in the North American markets harder than in European markets.

To understand the reasons behind this, you need to look at some marketing basics.

Although the eCommerce predictions for future business in Europe have slowed down, online business growth is still expected to increase significantly.

There are two very obvious reasons to this:

  • Market maturity for online business
  • Favorable monetary conditions

Read more on the future trends of European business in this eMarketer article:

The North American article headlines often hit the fear triggers. It is a pity there is so much negative news.

From where I stand here in Europe, there are very obvious reasons to use positive headlines.

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