eBay’s Active Buyer Count Drops, Google’s Shoppable Magazine, ‘Amazon Christmas’ Has Begun

Amazon Holiday

Discover how Google’s shoppable magazine highlights the changes in commerce. Plus, holiday shoppers are already relying heavily on Amazon to fill their wish lists, and eBay dismisses concerns about the continued drop in its active buyers.

Data:

87%: Share of consumers who plan to shop online this holiday season.

46%; 93%: Projected jump in apparel and luxury sales, respectively, this holiday season.

154M; 19M: Number of active eBay buyers and sellers, respectively, through Sept. 30.

$19.5B: eBay’s gross merchandise value

24B: Number of listings tracked by Google’s Shopping Graph database.