The growth of the e-commerce sector was slightly below the initial forecasts envisaging a 15% increase in online orders and EUR6.5 billion worth of online sales at end- 2021.
The Romanian e-commerce sector entered a phase of consolidation in 2019, which was deterred by the pandemic through the accelerated growth of online orders – a 30% increase in 2020 versus 2019. This phase of consolidation and growth is expected further in 2022.
Andrei Radu, CEO & Founder of GPeC, said Romanians spent on average almost EUR17 million on online shopping each day of 2021 – higher than the daily average of EUR15 million recorded in 2020.