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E-COMMERCE MARKET REPORT 2026

Packed with exclusive market insights, consumer trends, and data-backed forecasts, this annual report explores the macro shifts, emerging channels, and operational backbones required to lead the market in the coming year.

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BUILD A 2026 ROADMAP THAT DRIVES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Marketplaces have officially overtaken search engines, with 47% of shoppers now beginning their product journeys on platforms compared to just 24% on traditional search (Sapio Research, 2025). But is your brand positioned to capture this increasingly fragmented discovery traffic?

Read our report to dive deep into the rise of Agentic Commerce, AI-driven assistants, shifting geographic hotspots like CEE and the Nordics, and the critical importance of unified commerce. Moving far beyond high-level trends, we cover how to shield your business from trade disruptions and turn multi-channel diversification into a structural necessity. We’ve pulled the data so you can navigate the new rules of product discovery and act on it.

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