Verkkokauppapulssi: Growth in domestic e-commerce continued – the EU's new regulation is slowing down the internationalisation of small online stores
E-commerce sales in Finland increased by 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year and by 5.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year when compared to the same period last year - faster than the whole retail sector. According to the recent Verkkokauppapulssi, online retailers' expectations of growth are still strong, but internationalisation is overshadowed by geopolitical uncertainty and the EU's new packaging regulation.