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How the E-Commerce industry boomed amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Understanding the COVID-19 Effect on Ecommerce

By Shrikant KumarPublished 5 years ago 2 min read
How the E-Commerce industry boomed amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 has brought in a high level of uncertainty and mental distress to us as well as the economies across the globe. The 4–5 months of lockdown has nothing to do but shattered the global stability. Many have lost their lives with many still living in the great dilemma of being laid off at work.

Though every phase of life was going through a high degree of confusion, there was one industry that had ripped the profits. It was nothing but the E-commerce industry. While the impact of Covid-19 had shattered businesses regardless of their domains, it has also added an enormous amount of wealth to E-Commerce companies. However, how they managed to make that happen? Well, that is the point of discussion for the day. In this article, we are going to see how the E-commerce industry was able to make it big even when the rest was not. So let us get started.

The increasing popularity of the E-Commerce industry

Over the years, if we look at the graph, we can easily analyze the growing traction in the E-Commerce industry. Almost all businesses are embracing the E-Commerce industry because of the disruption it is bringing to space. What added more advantage to the E-Commerce industry is the advent of mobile applications. We are now going to check in detail about the factors that led to the rise of E-Commerce demands amid the pandemic.

• Mobile Apps

Mobile apps are the key factors that skyrocketed the demand for E-commerce businesses. As everyone was staying home safely, all preferred items to be delivered at their doorsteps. Mobile apps offered them all the relevant stuff to make it possible. Top mobile app developers in India continuously help businesses to make it big even amid the pandemic.

• End to end digitalization

Almost all of the E-Commerce giants like Amazon, Walmart, etc. have their end-to-end processes automated. This ensures a high degree of accuracy and precision. Automation has also resulted in reducing labor that has helped organizations to narrow their expenses and enhance margins.

• Technology integrations

E-Commerce mobile apps come with the integration of state-of-the-art technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, etc. This helps businesses in predicting customer behavior based on their taste buds and cater them to products that go parallel to it. This results in delivering a highly personalized customer experience.

User experience

E-Commerce apps can easily scale up with the customer requirements that help them enhance their user experience. One of the most precise examples to back this is the Augmented reality in the IKEA app. It is designed to enhance the user experience. The app allows users to picture how it will look if the furniture is placed at their places. This will help users in planning their purchases accordingly.

Conclusion

A positive approach towards the ever-growing technologies and the selection of top mobile app development companies in India to build their mobile apps were a few of the major reasons behind the massive success of E-Commerce businesses. By analyzing its massive growth, businesses from other domains are also actively onboarding technologies to take their user experience and profits to newer heights.

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