We always talk about thriving on change at @Shopify but seeing it in the numbers is even better. Some of our latest stats:
📈 New stores created on Shopify grew 62% between March 13 and April 24, compared to the prior six weeks.
🛍️ Consumers are moving online too:
The number of consumers estimated to have purchased for the 1st time from any Shopify merchant grew 8% and from merchants they'd never shopped at before by 45% between March 13 and April 24, compared to the six-week period immediately prior.
GMV through the point-of-sale channel declined by 71% between March 13 and April 24, relative to the comparable six-week period prior...
But wait: retail merchants managed to replace 94% of lost POS GMV with online sales over the same period. 💪
🚀 Retail merchants are adapting quickly to social-distance selling:
26% of brick-and-mortar merchants in English-speaking geographies are now using some form of local in-store/curbside pickup and delivery solution, compared to 2% at the end of February.
🤲 People are supporting local:
In the six-week period since March 13, in English-speaking geographies, the percentage of customers per shop coming from within 25km of the shop’s registered address had increased, while local orders in these geographies more than doubled.
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