Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Amazon becomes Mexico’s top online retailer in 2017

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) likely doubled its sales to become the biggest internet retailer in Mexico this year, helping to grow the country’s nascent e-commerce market by a third, according to a report by market research firm Euromonitor International.

The world’s largest online retailer will generate $502.2 million in Mexico sales this year compared with $243.9 million last year, the Euromonitor report said. Its findings were based on trade surveys, market studies and data research.

Online sales still account for slightly over 3 percent of all retail sales in Mexico, where shoppers fear credit . . .

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