The e-commerce platform Yamibuy app on a mobile phone. While lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus have been a boon to e-commerce retailers everywhere, the trend is all the stronger in Latin America because online shopping never really took off in region in the first place. — Reuters
The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping consumer habits in Latin America, sending droves of buyers online for the first time.
MercadoLibre Inc, the region’s largest e-commerce marketplace, said it registered 1.7 million new customers from Feb. 24 to March 22, up 28% from the same period a year earlier.
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