Global Industry Analysts Predicts the World Social Commerce Market to Reach $2.9 Trillion by 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Social Commerce - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics". The report presents fresh perspectives on opportunities and challenges in a significantly transformed post COVID-19 marketplace.

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Edition: 10; Released: February 2022
Executive Pool: 1772
Companies: 123 - Players covered include Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.; Etsy, Inc.; Fab.com; Facebook, Inc.; iQIYI; LinkedIn Corporation; PayPal; Pinterest; Reddit, Inc.; Renren, Inc.; Tencent - Qzone; Tencent Holdings Ltd.; Tumblr, Inc.; Twitter, Inc.; Weibo Corporation; Yahoo!, Inc. and Others.
Coverage: All major geographies and key segments
Segments: Business Model (B2C, B2B, C2C); Product Type (Apparel, Personal & Beauty Care, Accessories, Home Products, Health Supplements, Food & Beverage, Other Product Types)
Geographies: World; United States; Canada; Japan; China; Europe (France; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; and Rest of Europe); Asia-Pacific; Rest of World.

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Global Social Commerce Market to Reach US$2.9 Trillion by the Year 2026
Social commerce refers to e-commerce companies using social media platforms, including Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, as a means to market and sell their products and services online. The use of social media in marketing is growing, driven by the enormous potential social media platforms have in digitally promoting, marketing and selling products online and providing companies access to a large audience that they otherwise would not have been able to reach with other means. After over a decade and half after its emergence, social commerce is rampant on social media sites that with their inspirational and entertaining content make a product profitable. The fast changing consumer mobile usage habits continue to foster growth in the electronic commerce, mobile commerce and social commerce markets. Some of the most followed strategies by companies and brands to leverage the strength of social commerce is creating branded hashtags; adding user-generated content to their social channels and websites; and/or encouraging customers to opt for in-app product shopping. Social commerce allows companies to target their brands as per social behaviors of customers; provides incentive to customers to revisit a company's website; provides customers a platform to express views about the brands they buy on their website; and provides information that customers require for researching and comparing products before they decide which product to purchase. Social commerce, perhaps, is most popular in the fashion industry.

Enormous growth in adoption of 4G enabled smartphones, expanding deployment of 4G networks, and subsequent rise in number of people accessing online multimedia content over mobile handsets are also boosting market prospects for online shopping and social commerce. Spiraling global sales of smartphones coupled with widespread consumer acceptance of Mobile value added services (M-VAS), such as, Mobile Internet browsing, mobile games, mobile social networking, mobile music, mobile payments, mobile wallet, mobile learning, and mobile Location-Based-Services (LBS), bode well for social commerce. Social commerce is advancing with the addition of advanced technologies (for instance Augmented Reality) that allows shoppers to visualize themselves wearing the clothing items they wish to purchase and also solicit feedback using social media tools. The rise of e-commerce catalyzed by the pandemic is expected to boost market prospects in the coming years.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Social Commerce estimated at US$992.4 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$2.9 Trillion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 30.8% over the analysis period. B2C, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to grow at a 31.9% CAGR to reach US$2.2 Trillion by the end of the analysis period. After a thorough analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the B2B segment is readjusted to a revised 29.6% CAGR for the next 7-year period. This segment currently accounts for a 32.6% share of the global Social Commerce market.

The U.S. Market is Estimated at $66 Billion in 2022, While China is Forecast to Reach $1.5 Trillion by 2026
The Social Commerce market in the U.S. is estimated at US$66 Billion in the year 2022. The country currently accounts for a 6.9% share in the global market. China, the world's second largest economy, is forecast to reach an estimated market size of US$1.5 Trillion in the year 2026 trailing a CAGR of 34% through the analysis period. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 23.2% and 24.6% respectively over the analysis period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 25.4% CAGR while Rest of European market (as defined in the study) will reach US$1.9 Trillion by the end of the analysis period. E-commerce market witnessed a huge increase in First Time Users (FTUs) in several parts of Asia, Latin America and the Middle East & Africa, and also in North America and Europe as many people embraced the concept of online retail in place of traditional shopping. As social distancing norms remained relevant for almost the entirety of 2020, the online retail stores experienced a huge surge during the year. Widespread roll out of 4G LTE networks, increased penetration of smartphones, and robust promotion of e-commerce on social media platforms have been instrumental in promoting growth in these regions.

C2C Segment to Reach $280.3 Billion by 2026
In the global C2C segment, USA, Canada, Japan, China and Europe will drive the 24.4% CAGR estimated for this segment. These regional markets accounting for a combined market size of US$46.3 Billion will reach a projected size of US$257.5 Billion by the close of the analysis period. China will remain among the fastest growing in this cluster of regional markets. Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$34.3 Billion by the year 2026, while Latin America will expand at a 28% CAGR through the analysis period. More

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