Ecommerce in Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a small country in Western Europe and, together with Belgium and the Netherlands, part of the Benelux region. It’s a founding member of the European Union, OECD, United Nations, NATO, and Benelux.

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Content:

• Ecommerce events in Luxembourg
• Ecommerce customers in Luxembourg
• The ecommerce market in Luxembourg
• Latest ecommerce news from or about Luxembourg

Ecommerce events in Luxembourg

Every year there are several ecommerce events being organized in Luxembourg. We have a handy ecommerce events calendar, where you can find all the major online retail events in Europe. But you can also check out only the ecommerce events in Luxembourg.

Ecommerce customers in Luxembourg

Luxembourg has a very high share of people being online. According to the country’s Statistics Portal, 93 percent of household had access to the internet in 2018. In that same year, 15 percent of people used the internet for the sale of goods and services. And 62 percent of individuals had their most recent online purchase during the last three months prior to the survey.

When it comes to paying for the products ordered online, people from Luxembourg prefer paying with online banking (39 percent). This method is followed by credit cards (34 percent), digicash (31 percent) and debit card (30 percent), a study from the Ecommerce Foundation shows.

The ecommerce market in Luxembourg

Based on data from the Ecommerce Foundation, ecommerce in Luxembourg was worth 797 million euros in 2018. For 2019, it’s predicted the business-to-consumer ecommerce turnover will grow to 869 million euros. This would mean an increase of 9 percent.

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In Luxembourg, the most popular product category is formed by tickets for shows and other events (44 percent), books and magazines (40 percent), household items (37 percent), electronic equipment (25 percent), movies and music (24 percent), computer hardware (19 percent) and food (14 percent).

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Last update: June 2019