RETAIL & E-RETAILINTERNET,KEY FIGURES

WORLDWIDE 2014

RETAIL MARKET2014 Global Retail sales $19.7T

with Global GDP of $78.5T

Retail shares 25.1% of that GDP

Source: Planet Retail

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2015 20162017 2018 2019

SALES $20.9T

GDP $83.2TSHARES 25.2%

SALES $22.3T

GDP $88.3T

SHARES 25.3%

SALES $23.7TGDP $93.7T

SHARES 25.4%

SALES $25.3TGDP $99.5T

SHARES 25.5%

SALES $27TGDP $105.6T

SHARES 25.6%FORECAST GLOBAL

Source: Planet Retail

RETAIL SALES

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RANK

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

RETAIL COMPANY

WAL-MART

TESCO

CARREFOUR

COSTCO

KROGER

ALDI

HOMEDEPOT

METRO GROUP

TARGET

WALGREENS

HEADQUARTERS

U.S.A

U.K

FRANCE

U.S.A

U.S.A

GERMANY

U.S.A

U.S.A

GERMANY

U.S.A

REVENUE

$476.29B

$112.98B**

$105.30B*

$105.17B

$98.4B

$88.52B*

$78.8B

$77.09B*

$72.60B

$72.28B

NO. OF EMPLOYEES

2,200,000

597,784

364,969

186,000

343,000

110,000

365,000

269,493

366,000

240,000

RETAIL INDUSTRYHAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

*Converted Euro to Dollars

**Converted UKP to Dollars4

WORLDWIDE E-RETAIL SALES

$1.5T for 2014

With an increase of

19.30% from the past year

Source: eMarketer.com

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RETAIL FORECAST SALES FOR 2015-2018

2015 $1.7T 15.60% INCREASE

SALES

2016 $1.9T 13.10% INCREASE

SALES

2017 $2.1T 11.50% INCREASE

SALES

Source: eMarketer.com6

2018 $2.4T 9.90% INCREASE

SALES

GENERATION Z(UNDER 20)

MILLENNIALS(AGE 21-34)

GENERATION X (AGE 35-49)

BABY BOOMERS(AGE 50-64)

SILENT GENERATION(AGE 65+)

WILL BROWSE ONLINE

6-9%

49-59%

25-28%

7-13%

1-3%

WILL BUY ONLINE

5-9%

52-63%

25-30%

6-13%

1-3%

PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION

RANGES THAT MAKE ONLINE PURCHASES

Source: Nielsen7

2014

2015

2016

2017

7.7%

9.2%

8.5%

9.9%GLOBAL PERCENTAGE OF

RETAIL SALESTHAT’S ONLINE

Source: Planet Retail

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DEVICES USED MOST FREQUENTLY

FOR ONLINE SHOPPING

Source: Nielsen9

GLOBAL AVERAGE ASIA-PACIFIC

EUROPE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA

80% 81% 78% 60% 82% 84%

44% 52% 33% 55% 48% 27%

31% 35% 24% 38% 29% 26%

Source: IMF

GROWTH RATES 2014

Retail Industry

increased by 9%

E-retail Industry

increased by 20.2%

Global Economy

increased by 3.7%

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The world population is

7,280,235,883and counting…

with 2.5% Annual Growth Rate

GL BALCONSUMERS

Source: PRB11

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

7,324,782,225TOTAL POPULATION

1.09%ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

7,404,976,783TOTAL POPULATION

1.07%ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

7,484,325,476TOTAL POPULATION

1.05%ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

7,562,760,049TOTAL POPULATION

1.02%ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

7,640,244,883TOTAL POPULATION

1.00%ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

ESTIMATED POPULATIONAND GROWTH RATE FOR 2015 - 2019

Source: Internet Live Stats,PRB 12

Internet users in the world are

3.03Band rising…

42.3%of the world population has

an Internet connection today,and it’s growing quickly.

THE POTENTIAL E-RETAIL MARKET…

Active Social Network Users

2.03B

Mobile Subscribers

5.17B

Source: Internet Live Stats and WeAreSocial13

PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS PER

CONTINENT WHO SHOP ONLINE

83%North America

81%

Central &

Latin America

Africa

53%

85%

87%Asia

Europe

Source: PRB, WeAreSocial14

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http://www.geohive.com/earth/his_history3.aspx

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