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eCommerce’s steepening curve:
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and in some major categories, like Consumer Packaged Goods, driving as Old New
much as 3 years of penetration growth in 3 months. Answering the most eCommerce growth
asked question: we believe that a large part of this is sustainable, with a 16% 19%
‘19-’22 CAGR
permanent steepening of the growth curve for eCommerce, and while we
will likely see a near term decline as markets reopen, as the financial eCommerce 19% 22%
realities of fewer people in stores, particularly during key holidays, lead to penetration
even more store closures, we are likely to see a second wave driving e. 2023
eCommerce adoption above even current highs.
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caused a step change in online grocery growth in Western Europe, where UK non-food
online retail sales grew +49% in May. Similar stories are seen across India, Latin
America, Australia and most other markets.
Adaptation has not been limited to consumers. At an enterprise level, we’ve seen an
acceleration in innovation over the course of the crisis as companies have rolled out
curbside pick up programs, contactless checkout, personalized consignment deliveries,
and retailers and marketplaces have adapted to reflect the shifting needs of consumers
focused on the new essentials. We’ve seen online and offline partnerships formed to
expand customer reach, broaden selection, and enable fulfillment as last mile delivery
networks have been stretched beyond their limits. COVID is driving technology adoption
beyond software as warehouse automation through robotics is being pushed both by
the need for workers to socially distance as well as the need for increased efficiency
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over 24 hour work cycles.
We’re raising our estimates to reflect this acceleration. Globally, we believe that
eCommerce will grow 24% ex-FX versus our prior estimate of 17% and 18% in 2019
(ex-FX). While we expect this growth will decelerate materially in 2021, due to the
comparison and a recovery in traditional retail sales as countries reopen, we forecast
that eCommerce will grow 19% annually over the next three years, up from 16% versus
our prior estimates. This acceleration is being driven primarily by faster growth in the US,
Western Europe, Brazil and most of APAC. More broadly, we expect that retail will grow
1.4% in 2020 and 6.1% in 2021, with CAGR over the next 5 years of 4.8%. This implies
eCommerce penetration will reach 22% by 2023, which compares with 19% in our prior
estimates.
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from each region with updates on the impact they have seen from the current crisis as
well as their longer term outlook.
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Covid-19 will accelerate the adoption of ecommerce and drive market rent / valuation declines for shopping centre landlords. We see a risk URW will have to fix its balance sheet given the increase we forecast in LTV.
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We update our global eCommerce model for the most recent data, FX, and regional
expectations from our global analysts. After eCommerce share gains accelerated in the
US for multiple years, 2019 saw a slight deceleration in eCommerce penetration
increase. We expect that 2020 will see an acceleration of eCommerce penetration as
store closures have also accelerated (Exhibit 20), driven by COVID-19 and increasingly
digital consumer behavior. Globally, we expect mobile and fulfillment to remain key
drivers of eCommerce penetration, particularly in China, where share shift is expected
drive elevated growth for several years as the country approaches one third of retail
purchases made online.
14.8% 12.2%
United Kingdom GBP 55,027 62,998 69,366 85,320 93,852 103,237 112,529 121,531 14.2% 11.9%
Eastern Europe (incl. Russia) USD 19,317 24,615 28,428 36,209 41,980 48,471 55,267 62,506 19.5% 17.1%
Russia RUB 1,022,495 1,356,975 1,697,847 2,207,201 2,604,497 3,073,306 3,595,768 4,171,091 21.9% 19.7%
Mainland China CNY 5,688,174 7,132,971 8,523,900 10,202,904 12,342,617 14,556,306 16,752,679 19,038,294 19.5% 17.4%
Japan JPY (bns) 8,601 9,299 10,067 12,269 12,877 13,907 14,992 16,162 11.4% 9.9%
South Korea KRW (bns) 79,607 96,733 117,788 149,280 167,987 181,018 191,182 203,515 15.4% 11.6%
India INR 1,417,323 1,800,000 2,259,000 2,674,937 3,566,238 4,540,429 5,809,957 7,436,709 26.2% 26.9%
Australia AUD 16,771 18,386 21,493 30,594 33,602 36,800 40,198 43,807 19.6% 15.3%
Taiwan TWD 297,303 358,332 417,365 499,907 573,735 658,089 747,881 846,372 16.4% 15.2%
Indonesia IDR (bns) 62,667 176,786 330,813 583,079 810,682 992,311 1,146,586 1,273,035 44.2% 30.9%
Rest of Southeast Asia USD 7,623 10,538 14,638 22,775 30,975 39,707 49,594 59,007 39.5% 32.2%
Brazil BRL 65,010 77,271 91,472 126,397 152,492 187,342 223,522 251,395 27.0% 22.4%
Rest of Latin America USD 14,849 17,017 19,899 25,109 27,530 33,214 38,030 43,235 18.6% 16.8%
yoy growth (%) 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
Regional estimates
United States 15.5% 13.4% 14.9% 29.0% 17.0% 19.0% 16.0% 12.0%
Canada 26.9% 20.0% 24.5% 28.0% 15.0% 17.0% 15.0% 11.0%
Western Europe (incl. UK) 10.8% 11.0% 11.1% 25.0% 10.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0%
United Kingdom 16.0% 14.5% 10.1% 23.0% 10.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0%
Eastern Europe (incl. Russia) 23.7% 27.4% 15.5% 27.4% 15.9% 15.5% 14.0% 13.1%
Russia 27.0% 32.7% 25.1% 30.0% 18.0% 18.0% 17.0% 16.0%
Mainland China 28.0% 25.4% 19.5% 19.7% 21.0% 17.9% 15.1% 13.6%
Japan 7.5% 8.1% 8.3% 21.9% 5.0% 8.0% 7.8% 7.8%
South Korea 21.7% 21.5% 21.8% 26.7% 12.5% 7.8% 5.6% 6.5%
India 48.0% 27.0% 25.5% 18.4% 33.3% 27.3% 28.0% 28.0%
Australia 10.7% 9.6% 16.9% 42.3% 9.8% 9.5% 9.2% 9.0%
Taiwan 20.5% 16.5% 19.8% 14.8% 14.7% 13.6% 13.2%
Indonesia 182.1% 87.1% 76.3% 39.0% 22.4% 15.5% 11.0%
Rest of Southeast Asia 38.2% 38.9% 55.6% 36.0% 28.2% 24.9% 19.0%
Brazil 17.4% 18.9% 18.4% 38.2% 20.6% 22.9% 19.3% 12.5%
Rest of Latin America 29.9% 14.6% 16.9% 26.2% 9.6% 20.6% 14.5% 13.7%
Regional Weight (%) 1999 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
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North America 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
United States 94.5% 94.2% 93.9% 93.9% 94.0% 94.1% 94.2% 94.2%
Canada 5.5% 5.8% 6.1% 6.1% 6.0% 5.9% 5.8% 5.8%
Europe 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Western Europe (incl. UK) 88.2% 87.1% 85.7% 85.4% 84.7% 84.1% 83.5% 82.8%
Eastern Europe (incl. Russia) 11.8% 12.9% 14.3% 14.6% 15.3% 15.9% 16.5% 17.2%
APAC 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Mainland China 79.2% 80.1% 79.5% 78.0% 78.6% 79.2% 79.6% 79.8%
Japan 7.2% 6.3% 5.9% 5.9% 5.2% 4.8% 4.5% 4.3%
South Korea 6.0% 5.9% 6.3% 6.6% 6.2% 5.7% 5.3% 5.0%
India 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 2.1% 2.3% 2.6% 2.9%
Australia 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%
Taiwan 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%
Indonesia 0.4% 0.9% 1.5% 2.2% 2.6% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7%
Rest of Southeast Asia 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5% 1.6% 1.7%
Rest of Asia 2.5% 2.3% 2.2% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.9% 1.8%
LatAm 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Brazil 57.6% 55.1% 53.7% 48.9% 49.5% 49.5% 50.2% 49.5%
Rest of Latin America 42.4% 44.9% 46.3% 51.1% 50.5% 50.5% 49.8% 50.5%
Middle East & Africa 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Weighted Growth (%) 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
Regional estimates
North America 16.1% 13.8% 15.5% 28.9% 16.9% 18.9% 15.9% 11.9%
Europe 12.3% 13.2% 11.7% 25.3% 10.9% 10.9% 9.8% 8.9%
APAC 25.6% 25.2% 20.0% 22.2% 20.2% 17.2% 14.6% 13.4%
LatAm 22.7% 16.9% 17.7% 32.1% 15.1% 21.7% 16.9% 13.1%
Middle East & Africa 25.2% 24.9% 22.2% 28.0% 20.0% 22.0% 24.0% 26.0%
Total 21.1% 20.7% 17.8% 24.4% 18.0% 16.8% 14.4% 12.6%
Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research, Census Bureau, Euromonitor, IBGE, IPCA, AKIT, METI, iResearch, NBS China, UK Office of National Statistics
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yoy growth (%) 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
Regional estimates
United States 15.5% 13.4% 14.9% 29.0% 17.0% 19.0% 16.0% 12.0%
North America 16.2% 13.8% 15.3% 28.9% 16.9% 18.9% 15.9% 11.9%
Rest of Western Europe 15.6% 16.8% 5.9% 25.0% 10.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0%
United Kingdom 10.6% 18.6% 5.4% 23.0% 10.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0%
Rest of Eastern Europe 23.7% 27.4% 15.5% 25.0% 14.0% 13.0% 11.0% 10.0%
Russia 27.0% 32.7% 25.1% 30.0% 18.0% 18.0% 17.0% 16.0%
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Regional estimates
United States 12.7% 13.7% 15.2% 19.0% 21.5% 24.8% 28.0% 30.6%
North America 12.2% 13.3% 14.8% 18.4% 20.8% 24.0% 27.0% 29.5%
Rest of Western Europe 7.6% 8.4% 9.2% 11.2% 11.9% 12.6% 13.3% 13.9%
United Kingdom 16.3% 18.0% 19.1% 22.8% 24.3% 25.8% 27.3% 28.5%
Rest of Eastern Europe 5.2% 6.0% 6.8% 7.9% 8.5% 9.1% 9.6% 10.0%
Russia 4.9% 6.1% 7.2% 8.8% 9.7% 10.8% 11.9% 12.9%
Europe 8.1% 9.1% 10.0% 12.0% 12.8% 13.6% 14.4% 15.0%
Mainland China 17.4% 21.1% 23.4% 27.8% 30.6% 33.5% 36.1% 38.6%
Japan 5.8% 6.2% 6.8% 8.2% 8.5% 9.1% 9.7% 10.4%
South Korea 22.6% 26.4% 31.4% 39.8% 42.2% 44.2% 45.3% 46.8%
India 3.6% 4.1% 4.7% 5.6% 6.8% 7.9% 9.2% 10.7%
Australia 5.4% 5.7% 6.5% 8.9% 9.5% 10.0% 10.5% 11.0%
Taiwan 9.8% 11.5% 13.1% 14.5% 16.0% 17.7% 19.4% 21.2%
Indonesia 3.0% 7.7% 13.4% 24.0% 30.4% 35.4% 39.0% 41.2%
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Rest of Southeast Asia 2.4% 3.1% 4.1% 6.5% 8.0% 9.5% 11.1% 12.6%
Rest of Asia 4.9% 5.5% 5.9% 6.6% 6.9% 7.3% 7.7% 8.0%
APAC 12.8% 15.4% 17.2% 20.7% 23.0% 25.3% 27.3% 29.3%
Brazil 5.5% 6.2% 7.0% 9.7% 11.2% 12.9% 14.4% 15.2%
Rest of Latin America 3.2% 3.8% 4.5% 6.4% 7.1% 8.2% 9.0% 9.6%
LatAm 4.2% 4.8% 5.6% 7.7% 8.7% 10.1% 11.1% 11.7%
Middle East & Africa 1.2% 1.4% 1.7% 2.0% 2.2% 2.4% 2.6% 2.8%
Total 10.6% 12.4% 13.9% 16.8% 18.7% 20.7% 22.4% 23.9%
Ecommerce penetration increase (decrease), bps 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
United States 126 108 151 373 251 334 319 259
North America 125 108 153 361 240 318 304 245
Rest of Western Europe 79 84 82 194 71 76 68 58
United Kingdom 164 165 116 365 147 158 143 122
Rest of Eastern Europe 61 78 81 119 60 58 46 40
Russia 81 127 109 158 95 106 107 107
Europe 82 98 87 201 79 84 76 66
Mainland China 243 367 227 444 278 293 262 248
Japan 36 43 55 140 32 61 63 66
South Korea 475 376 499 839 245 195 112 152
India 89 55 60 87 116 110 132 155
Australia 40 35 79 242 52 52 52 52
Taiwan 980 172 157 141 148 169 171 181
Indonesia 298 476 563 1,068 635 504 356 224
Rest of Southeast Asia 241 69 97 240 153 153 159 149
Rest of Asia 63 55 47 63 32 41 36 39
APAC 132 259 189 348 224 229 204 197
Brazil 71 73 79 275 150 170 150 75
Rest of LatAm 54 58 74 192 70 112 71 65
LatAm 62 61 77 214 99 135 101 68
Middle East & Africa 22 24 26 29 18 20 23 21
Total 119 175 151 294 185 198 175 148
Source: Company data, Census Bureau, Euromonitor, IBGE, IPCA, AKIT, Japan METI, iResearch, NBS China, UK Office of National Statistics, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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The pandemic has driven a sharp increase in eCommerce penetration in 2Q20 so far.
Groceries and other early stage eCommerce categories such as apparel and consumer
packaged goods with low digital penetration saw accelerated growth during COVID-19,
some of which we expect to be sticky even after the pandemic. This follows 1Q20 when
total US digital commerce ex-travel (desktop, tablet, and mobile) grew +17.0% y/y
(+17.4% in Q4 and +14.9% in 1Q19), per comScore data, reaching $161.5bn in total
spend as eCommerce share gains remained elevated (+177bps y/y vs. +225bps in Q4
and +159bps in 1Q19), according to Census Bureau and comScore data. With the
lockdowns having a more significant impact on Q2, we expect more share gains to be
reported in the quarter-ended June.
Exhibit 5: Total US digital commerce ex-travel +17% in 1Q20 Exhibit 6: Mobile sees outsized share gains (+400bps y/y)
US desktop + mobile, $ millions Mobile penetration of total digital eCommerce (ex-travel) reached 32%
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Per ComScore’s US desktop eCommerce data (Exhibit 7), growth recorded in categories
such as Home & Garden, Furniture & Appliances and CPG have seen strong acceleration
between 1Q20 and in the first two months of 2Q20, which should benefit companies
such as Wayfair and Etsy. According to MasterCard, US eCommerce for April and May
2020 constituted 22% of all retail sales, vs. 11% in 2019, with eCommerce sales in
May growing ~93% y/y driven by healthy growth across grocery and furniture. In the
US, eMarketer expects ecommerce growth to accelerate to +18% y/y for 2020
(+15% in 2019), reaching roughly 14.5% of total retail sales (+350bps y/y). A recent
report by Deloitte also highlighted that by mid-April, online orders grew 130% y/y,
particularly in grocery. On the other hand, discretionary categories such as Event Tickets
and Apparel & Accessories have recorded sharp deceleration in the same period (Exhibit
7).
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global) for 2020, but also see retail sales decline more aggressively (-14% vs. roughly
-5% global).
CPG 16%
56%
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adoption across household items. Sensor Tower data shows that on average, major
eCommerce players’ app downloads were up ~150% at the peak of surging demand
in April/May, and were still up ~60% in mid-June. Notably, these growth rates are off
of already significant bases. Amazon and Walmart’s apps both reached almost 900K
downloads in a single week in May, while eBay saw >400K and Etsy saw >100K in the
same time frame. We believe that a number of these users will continue to be sticky
after the pandemic as they become accustomed to the convenience and increasingly
fast fulfillment provided by these services.
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Exhibit 8: eCommerce app downloads surge during COVID-19 and remain elevated
y/y growth %
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products also became popular during the pandemic, where desktop purchase
amounts went from mid single-digit y/y growth in 1Q to 44% and 57% growth in
April and May, respectively.
With lockdown implementation coming into full effect around March in the United
States, we expect to see significant eCommerce acceleration in 2Q20, although several
of these companies already spoke to surging demand trends on Q1 earnings calls.
Amazon highlighted surge in demand for household staples and home office supplies
while seeing low demand for discretionary purchases such as apparel, shoes and
wireless products. eBay‘s marketplace recorded acceleration in confinement categories
such as home offices, gym equipment and indoor leisure activities such as video games
and consoles. Etsy saw face masks comprising nearly 17% of Gross Merchandise Sales
(GMS) with healthy growth across categories such as toys & games, baking products
and gardening supplies. Wayfair experienced pickup in demand for kitchen appliances,
home renovation/decoration projects, children’s furniture and home office products.
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Exhibit 10: Consumer Packaged Goods online purchases Exhibit 11: Home & Garden see outsized spending digitally since
accelerate in April and May lockdown
Desktop purchases Desktop purchases
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Mobile’s share of digital commerce has stayed roughly at 32% for the past 3 quarters.
While shelter-in-place (SIP) measures might result in greater preference for desktop
usage over the shorter term, we continue to see potential for mobile penetration to
increase over the longer term. In 1Q20, 3 out of 7 categories with above average digital
commerce growth actually saw below average mobile penetration. As mobile
penetration increases across these categories we would expect the potential for
acceleration to increase. Category-wise, CPG saw the sharpest acceleration with
+18ppts y/y followed by Toys & Hobbies and Video Games with +9ppts and + 7ppts,
respectively. Computer Hardware and Furniture & Appliances saw acceleration by 5ppts
and 2ppts, respectively.
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70%
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Toys & Hobbies
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Digital commerce yoy % growth
30%
Computer Hardware
20% Office Supplies Furniture, Appliances
Flowers & Misc. Gifts
Consumer Electronics Video Games
Average, 15% Home & Garden
10% Apparel & Access.
Computer Software Music & Movies
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Jewelry & Watches
Event Tickets
-10%
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Books & Magazines
Average, 40%
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Mobile % of digital commerce
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Ecommerce encroachment remains the predominant disruptive force in retail. Indeed,
the fortunes of traditional retailers and brands are to a large extent determined by their
positioning with respect to the rise of eCommerce, and the strategies they have
deployed in this area.
This has several implications for the traditional retail ecosystem. Brick-and-mortar led
retailers have seen eCommerce penetration grow during the crisis (Exhibit 13), even
those that have been open throughout (Exhibit 14). These retailers are investing more
behind eCommerce offerings (Exhibit 15) and either closing stores or reconsidering the
planned pace of store roll out. As for brands, many are accelerating their shift towards
selling product direct to consumer. This has been a trend for several years already, and
was originally facilitated by rise of eCommerce. Now, the impetus to shift has been
intensified by the growing channels among many multi-brand traditional retailer partners
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(particularly department stores) and by the faster pace of online adoption among
consumers.
Exhibit 13: On average, digital penetration was ~2x higher than last Exhibit 14: Even if digital sales growth moderates in 2Q-4Q - we
year still see penetration ~1.5x vs. last year
Comparison of 1Q19 and 1Q20 digital penetration
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LOW Has reprioritized capital projects to focus on the near-term need to improve our omnichannel capabilities
TSCO Deferring spending in certain areas while accelerating spending in digital and other more consumer-facing areas.
ULTA $80 million for supply chain and IT. Accelerating investments on shipping capacity including pull forward of Jacksonville fast fulfillment
center into 2020 and expansion of our ship-from-store capabilities.
WMT Accelerated investments in omni fulfillment solutions. Commented on a multiyear plan for ahead
WSM Continued investment to strengthen our digital-first model and enhancing the online channels.
Among those hardline retailers who had closed doors during the crisis, those with
robust eCommerce offerings saw significant growth (Exhibit 16). For most of the
retailers that were closed, we saw a level of increased nimbleness with many offering
curbside pick up to help deal with the demand coming from the digital channel, with the
exception of Ulta who had no pick up option (BOPIS or curbside) and where customers
were only able to get their product via home delivery. Digital channels played a very
important role for these closed doors as they were able to make up a notable
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Even with doors that were deemed essential and remained open, we saw a significant
acceleration in eCommerce growth in Q1, with most retailers seeing more eCommerce
as a percentage of sales than in Q4, which is traditionally the highest eCommerce sales
quarter because of the holiday season (Exhibit 18). Anecdotally, several retailers
indicated that eCommerce demand on some days was equal to the volume that they
would see on Cyber Monday, one of the biggest digital sales days in the year.
Exhibit 16: E-Commerce Growth for those retailers which closed doors during COVID
180%
160%
140%
120%
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100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
ULTA DKS BBY WSM
Exhibit 17: Analyzing How Much of Brick and Mortar Sales were Exhibit 18: Ecommerce as a Percentage of Sales for those Doors
Made up By Digital that Remained Open
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B&M Sales Loss E-comm Sales Gain % sales retained 1Q19 4Q19 1Q20 E-comm growth in 1Q20 (RHS)
Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, brick and mortar retailers were increasing their investment
in digital capabilities. Because of the unprecedented level of demand and what retailers
think will be sticky behavior, several retail companies have mentioned a pull forward or
re-prioritization of digital investments as a result of the demand seen for digital during
the COVID-19 crisis.
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000
Pier 1 Imports
Stage Stores
Starbucks
GameStop
GNC Holdings
Signet Jewellers
Schurman Retail Group
L Brands
Victoria’s Secret
Chico’s
JCPenney
Tuesday Morning
Gap
Art Van Furniture
The Children’s Place
Walgreens
Destination Maternity
Payprus
H&M
Macy’s
Modell’s
A C Moore
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Wilsons Leather
Express
24 Hour Fitness
Guess
Office Depot
Olympia Sports
Gordmans
Bed Bath & Beyond
Sears
Earth Fare
Bath & Body Works
Bose
Kmart
Neiman Marcus
Christopher & Banks
Lucky’s Market
New York & Co.
CVS
Hallmark
Nordstrom
Lord & Taylor
Bloomingdale’s
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Source: Press reports, company data, compiled by Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
With apparel & accessories continuing to record large share of store closures (Exhibit
21), we believe Amazon will be a primary beneficiary considering this segment
already sees >20% online penetration. As Stitch Fix focuses on mass-market consumer
outside of NY and California, store closures should provide further incentive for
consumers to shift spending online and leverage a service like Stitch Fix to access
personalized fashion at scale.
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Exhibit 20: Announced/completed store closures in US over the Exhibit 21: Announced/completed store closures in US in Apparel
years & Accessories
10,000 10,000
40%
8,000 8,000
30%
6,000 6,000
4,000 20%
4,000
2,000 10%
2,000
0
0 0%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2017 2018 2019 2020 YTD
YTD
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTD Total Share of Total
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Regional snapshots
China
COVID-19 has transported us to a “digital everything” world, one where the
purchase of goods and services online is a necessity, raising the long-term
penetration and TAM of the broader online sector, including eCommerce, local
services, gaming and cloud computing. The pick-up in discretionary spending across all
categories is driving the further recovery in eCommerce as China returns to work. On
Alibaba’s platform, GMV growth rates have been well north of 25% QTD for FMCG and
electronics, while the warmer weather has driven apparel demand. Simultaneously, feed
monetization has picked up. The market leader’s growth is from less-developed areas,
where its penetration is only 45%. In contrast, PDD is growing in urban China, targeting
subsidies to customers with specific shopping behavior, such as the purchase of
multiple categories of products or higher usage of the social network. Within our China
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Exhibit 22: PDD’s time spent market share has been growing Exhibit 23: PDD has the highest time spent yoy growth rate
Time spent (TS) market share by E-commerce platform Time spent yoy growth rate of E-commerce platforms
70% 66% 52% 120% 111%
62% 61%
59% 59% 51%
60% 57%
51% 100%
50%
83%
50% 49%
80% 72%
47% 48%
40% 47% 35% 61%
33% 32%
30% 47% 60% 53%
28%
30% 26%
47% 46% 38% 39%
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20% 45%
45% 24%
34% 36%26%
8% 10% 9% 8% 9% 8% 44%
10% 20%
9% 7%
43%
14% 12%
0% 42% 0% 7% 10%
1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20
TB+TM stands for Taobao+Tmall; HHI stands for Herfindahl–Hirschman Index Source: Questmobile, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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Exhibit 24: eCommerce remains one of the highest growth verticals Exhibit 25: ... and we expect steady/sustainable growth in
within the China internet space into 2H20... eCommerce into the next 5 years
Quarterly China Internet Revenue Growth, yoy Annual China Internet Revenue Growth, yoy
GTV stands for Gross Transaction Volume; LS stands for live streaming; GE stands for general Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
entertainment
Exhibit 26: We expect the overall China internet sector to have Exhibit 27: ... with sector-wide margin improvement in the next few
accelerated growth trends in revenue/profit into 2H20... years
China Internet Total Revenue, Operating Profit and Net Income growth China Internet Total Revenue, Operating Profit and Net Income growth
(yoy) (yoy)
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Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Meanwhile, live streaming has emerged as another channel for retail, becoming
incrementally mainstream. However, as the business is built on top of the relatively
mature and diversified ecommerce industry, it is likely to be yet another
marketing/promotional channel for online retail — in parallel to search-driven,
feed-driven, and social-driven ecommerce. As the GMV sales curve tends to be
concentrated on the operating hours for live streaming (zigzag), i.e., sales only take
place during live streaming sessions, it often serves as a complementary channel to the
smoother, more consistent sales curve with search ecommerce. Since this is a fast
developing trend, we believe live streaming could contribute 20% of China’s total online
retail sales in the long run.
The latest June data from National Bureau of Statistics confirms the continuation of the
sharp recovery in online retail: online retail sales of goods jumped +25.2% yoy from
22.0% in May, 16.2% in April and 10.7% in March. Overall retail sales recovered to
-1.8% from -2.8%/-7.5%/-15.8% in May/Apr/Mar. respectively, indicating that offline retail
was -9% in June as online gained further share. Specifically, we estimate online apparel
had a strong double-digit yoy growth in June. Parcel volumes grew +37% yoy from
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41%, 32% and 23% in the prior 3 months. The resilient recovery in online goods
retail data is consistent with the record-breaking June 18 shopping festival, as
major E-commerce players reported strong data points during the festival: BABA’s
GMV of Rmb698bn, JD’s GMV of Rmb269bn (+34% yoy), and PDD’s transaction orders
up 119% yoy.
The rise in consumption was primarily driven by strengthened demand from consumers,
boosted by supportive policies from the government and promotional activities from
merchants, in our view. We also believe that the online spending recovery patterns are
underpinned by a rise in total user time spent on e-commerce shopping apps. With (a)
abundant express delivery capacity as workers in China return to work, and (b) recovery
trends continuing in categories that were heavily impacted during COVID-19 (Apparel,
Jewelry, autos, etc.), we expect the marketplace models to be the principal
beneficiaries.
Exhibit 28: Chinese growth in online retail sales of goods rebounded to +25.2% yoy in June
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Parcel volume growth Online goods sales growth Total retail sales growth
50%
41.0%
38.8%
37.0%
40% 35.6%
32.0%
29.9% 31.1% 29.3%
29.0% 29.0% 29.1%
35.6% 27.3% 28.6%
30% 25.8%
25.1% 25.7% 25.2% 25.2% 25.0% 24.3% 25.2%
24.1% 24.4% 23.3% 22.7% 23.0%
32.4% 21.5%
24.2% 20.1% 22.0%
25.9% 25.3% 25.4% 25.7% 19.1%
20% 22.6%
25.1% 23.6%
21.7% 13.5% 16.2%
19.7% 21.2%
19.5% 19.9% 18.4% 17.9%
18.2% 19.5% 16.8%
10% 14.6%
10.7%
0.2%
3.0% 3.0%
0%
-10%
-16.4%
-20%
-30%
Jul-18
Jul-19
Mar-18
Nov-18
Dec-18
Mar-19
Nov-19
Dec-19
Mar-20
Jan-18
Jun-18
Jan-19
Jun-19
Jan-20
Jun-20
May-18
May-19
May-20
Feb-18
Apr-18
Oct-18
Feb-19
Oct-19
Feb-20
Aug-18
Sep-18
Aug-19
Sep-19
Apr-19
Apr-20
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Source: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research, NBS China
China’s online groceries market has been a bright spot in eCommerce with accelerated
growth driven by customers’ increasing online shopping behavior shifts during the
COVID-19 pandemic, and we also see favorable trends at key players:
n Meituan Instashopping‘s order volume more than doubled sequentially during the
pandemic (we expect it represented 20% of food delivery orders, from c. 5% in
2019) and reached profitable unit economics for the first time in the month of Feb
2020;
n JD Daojia‘s GMV growth accelerated to 172% yoy in 1Q20, from 69% in 4Q19. We
expect growth to normalize back down to 104% yoy over 2Q-4Q20E, but still at an
accelerated pace vs. pre-COVID-19 on increased user adoption and expanded
on-demand offerings.
Being an under-penetrated category that still has one of the lowest online penetration
rates of 6% in 2019, vs. 34%/45% for apparel/home appliances, grocery sales in China
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is still dominated by the rather fragmented, traditional “wet markets”, consisting of small
merchants, and is markedly different from US/Japan grocery markets where structured
retailers (e.g. supermarkets) have captured the majority of the market. This, in our view,
is creating opportunities for eCommerce giants (Alibaba, JD and Meituan) to break into
the market with new business models which have emerged over the past 2-3 years, and
further expanding their footprints in more areas in China with the change in user
behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.
affiliate Dada Nexus and Meituan Instashopping + Meituan Grocery have introduced
various models to both expand their retail share (via. first-party/third-party models)
with their large online user base, and empower supermarkets/local merchants to
drive further digitalization of grocery retail.
Exhibit 29: China’s fresh grocery market is still dominated by Exhibit 30: We expect online penetration of fresh groceries sales to
fragmented wet markets and small merchants expand further post COVID-19, supported by cultivation of user
% Fresh food sold via. un-structured retail (small merchants, wet behavior as well as multiple business models launched by
markets etc.) ecommerce giants
Our forecasts of online penetration of fresh groceries/O2O
(online-to-offline) on-demand penetration of supermarket sales
Fresh food sold via. traditional channels Our forecasts of online/O2O penetration
(mainly small merchants)
Fresh groceries online penetration Supermarket O2O penetration
China US Japan
30%
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70%
62.3% 61.4% 60.4% 59.3% 57.4% 56.3% 25%
60%
20.0%
50% 20% 17.0%
40% 13.8%
15%
9.8% 10.6%
30%
10%
6.3% 6.7%
20% 14.3% 14.3% 13.9% 13.9% 13.9% 13.8% 5.0%
3.7% 4.1%
5% 2.8% 2.5%
10% 4.4% 4.3% 4.3% 4.3% 4.1% 4.1% 0.8% 1.4%
0.2% 0.4%
0% 0%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E
Source: Euromonitor Source: Euromonitor, iResearch (for supermarket O2O penetration forecast), Goldman Sachs
Global Investment Research
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Exhibit 31: A summary of the online grocery business models and scale of the three largest camps: Alibaba, JD and Meituan
Operating data as of 2019
Alibaba [Link] Meituan
Online grocery business of
major players
Distributed micro
warehouses
Hema mini-warehouse Meituan Grocery
DMW model GMV: <Rmb1bn (GSe)
(DMW, 1P)
Grocery retail
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(intra-city within
3km, 1 hour
delivery)
Upgraded O2O Taoxianda Orders: 1.3mn daily
GMV: Rmb6-7bn average (GSe)
supermarket (3P)
supermarket O2O GMV
JD’s affiliate
Meituan
[Link] JD Daojia
Instashopping
O2O marketplace (3P) GMV: Rmb12bn, amongst
GMV: c. Rmb4bn GMV: Rmb29bn (GSe),
which c. Rmb10bn was
supermarket O2O GMV supermarket O2O GMV amongst which c. Rmb7bn
was supermarket O2O GMV
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0.3mn JD Daojia
GSe)
+ Other third-party couriers / + Other third-party couriers / + Other third-party delivery agencies
delivery agencies delivery agencies
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Japan
eCommerce platforms in Japan such as Rakuten, Yahoo Japan and Amazon Japan
benefited from 2 events in 2019, resulting in a relatively high GMV growth in the second
half. Firstly, the Japanese government has been promoting the use of cashless
payments through points-based rebate system in retail stores and these eCommerce
platforms, which meant that consumers had incentives to utilize these platforms more.
Moreover, the rush demand prior to the consumption tax-hike in October 2019 also
benefited these platforms as overall consumption was positively impacted. As a result,
we believe that the overall eCommerce space, which is highly occupied by Rakuten,
Yahoo Japan and Amazon Japan continued to grow extensively (estimated at 8.3%) in
2019.
However, there is an increasing trend in apparel companies (Fast Retailing, Adastria etc.)
to strengthen their own eCommerce websites rather than relying on platforms to avoid
paying take-rate fees and to have control over their branding, UI and UX.
In 2020, we estimate that self-isolation and social distancing measures due to COVID-19
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positively impacts the eCommerce space. In fact, both Adastria and United Arrows,
which are apparel retailers reported online sales growth of around 50% yoy in May. We
believe that COVID-19 particularly encourages those over 40 years old to become more
digitalized, therefore expanding the user base and increasing eCommerce penetration.
However, we see a limit to the extent to which apparel e-commerce can expand, as
Japan has a 24x larger size of store network than that of the US (see Exhibit 32), which
implies a favorable environment for store-oriented retail. Therefore, we believe that food
category, which is the second biggest eCommerce category after apparel will be the key
to drive growth moving forward.
Exhibit 32: Japan has 24x larger size of store network than that of the
US (2016)
Stores/space per sqm comparison
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Europe
We expect 2020 online growth to accelerate in Europe ex-Russia (+18% CAGR
2019-2021E) driven by COVID-19 related store closures and continued investment from
both pure-play online and omni-channel retailers to improve their proposition (mobile
apps, fulfillment options, choice/assortment). Specifically, we expect W. Europe to see
an eCommerce CAGR +17% 2019-2021E, with +25% yoy growth in 2020E (vs +12%
2017-19 CAGR). We expect E. Europe (ex-Russia) to see modestly stronger growth
relative to W. Europe, reaching a ~20% 2019-2021E CAGR, albeit below the 2018 peak
(+27% y/y on USD-basis).
Exhibit 33: Overall online retail sales penetration has increased Exhibit 34: We expect a step up in online penetration in 2020,
+300bp since 2015 to c.10% following a COVID-19 related migration to the online channel
Retail online sales penetration in Europe Europe eCommerce y/y growth (%)
$800,000 35.0%
2015 2019
$700,000 30.0%
20%
18% $600,000
25.0%
16% $500,000
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14% 20.0%
$400,000
12% 15.0%
10% $300,000
10.0%
8% $200,000
6% 5.0%
$100,000
4%
$0 0.0%
2%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
0%
United Germany Western France Eastern Italy Spain Western Europe Eastern Europe incl. Russia
Kingdom Europe Europe W. Europe y/y (%) E. Europe y/y (%)
Source: Euromonitor, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: Euromonitor, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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online sales +17% yoy taking UK online penetration to 38% (from 30% in 2019). Taking a
similar approach to Western Europe, we assume c.25% 2020 online penetration (from
19% in 2019).
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Exhibit 35: Over the last 4 years, non-food retail online penetration Exhibit 36: COVID-19 related store closures has driven UK non-food
has increased c.600bp in both Western and Eastern Europe to 19% online retail sales +49% in May...
and 14% UK non-food retail sales growth, split stores vs online
Non-food retail online penetration
2015 2019 UK
35%
Non-food retail sales growth Online non-food sales growth
30% Store only non-food sales growth
60%
25%
40%
20%
20%
15% 0%
-20%
10%
-40%
5% -60%
-80%
0%
Jul-19
Jun-19
Nov-19
Apr-19
May-19
Apr-20
May-20
Jan-19
Feb-19
Mar-19
Aug-19
Sep-19
Oct-19
Jan-20
Feb-20
Mar-20
Dec-19
United Germany Western France Eastern Italy Spain
Kingdom Europe Europe
Source: Euromonitor, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: ONS, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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Exhibit 37: ... led by electricals, home/garden and health & beauty Exhibit 38: We expect new online customers/higher purchase
categories, reflecting the consumers’ ‘stay at home’ status frequency to increase UK non-food online sales +17% yoy in 2020,
UK non-food online sales growth, by category taking online penetration to c.38% (from 30% in 2019)
UK non-food online penetration and yoy growth
70% 60%
Apr-20 May-20 50%
60%
120% 40%
100% 50% 30%
80%
20%
60% 40%
40% 10%
20% 30%
0%
0% -10%
20%
-20%
-20%
-40% 10%
Gifts
Fashion Accessories
Home & Garden
Womenswear
Footwear
Electricals
Lingerie
Clothing
Menswear
-30%
0% -40%
Jul-12
Jul-10
Jul-11
Jul-13
Jul-14
Jul-15
Jul-16
Jul-17
Jul-18
Jul-19
Jan-12
Jan-13
Jan-21 E
Jan-22 E
Jul-22 E
Jan-10
Jan-11
Jan-14
Jan-15
Jan-16
Jan-17
Jan-18
Jan-19
Jan-20
Jul-20 E
Jul-21 E
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UK non-food online penetration UK non-food online growth yoy (RHS)
Source: IMRG, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: ONS, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Elevated promotional activities weigh on gross margin reduction. In the last two
years a combination of unpredictable weather patterns and price investment from
multiple players has led to gross margin reduction, especially for Apparel and Footwear
retailers. Promotional activities in 2019 also remained elevated. Post COVID-19 we
expect industry-wide excess inventory to result in still elevated markdown activity.
Higher fulfillment cost and capex. Pure-play retailers like Zalando, ASOS and boohoo
continue to reduce delivery times and extend order cut-off which has led to higher
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fulfillment costs (as a percentage of sales). To support higher growth, these companies
have also accelerated expenditures on warehousing and IT but Zalando and ASOS do
expect some operating leverage on warehousing/admin/other cost in the near to
medium term.
Integration of offline and online channels. Store-based retailers are also investing
heavily to differentiate their proposition, as well as integrate their store and online
operations to provide a seamless shopping experience. Inditex has been investing
substantially ahead of its peers and is becoming a leader in omni-channel retail.
2Q20, underlying growth across the entire grocery market has also been strong, but we
estimate this means penetration would have gone from 2.2% (2019) to 3.0% in 1H20
and 3.4% by FY20.
Exhibit 39: Food e-commerce has grown at c13% per year in Exhibit 40: Online grocery penetration has remained relatively low
Western Europe since 2015 across Europe
Food & Drink e-commerce sales (USDbn) Food & Drink e-commerce as % Food Retail
35 5.0% 4.6%
32.0
Food * Drink E-commerce penetration
4.5%
Food & Drink E-commerce ($bn)
30
4.0%
3.5%
25 3.5% 3.2%
19.9 3.0%
20
2.4%
2.5% 2.2%
15
2.0% 1.6%
10.6 1.5%
9.0 1.5% 1.3%
10
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1.0% 0.8%
0.7%
5 2.1 0.4%
1.4 1.9 0.5% 0.3%
0.5 1.1 1.0
0 0.0%
Western UK France Spain Italy Germany Western UK France Spain Italy Germany
Europe Europe
However, many grocers have noted that demand continues to outstrip delivery capacity
(Exhibit 41). As such, the online grocery growth rate has continued to accelerate, with
the average growth rate in the last reported 4 weeks across major Western European
markets +c.100% (Exhibit 43). With online customers generally sticky, and the desire for
less store based interaction likely to endure for some customers, we believe this growth
will remain high in 2H20 at +85% across Western Europe. Although we forecast this
penetration acceleration will slow in 2021, we believe the share gains made by online
grocery in 2020 will prove sticky and grow further beyond 2021.
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Exhibit 41: Since the start of the crisis, European grocers have noted high levels of demand and online being less profitable than in stores
Summary of comments from recent reporting
Comments Demand Profitability vs store
Online grocery grown to 16% (from 9%) of total UK sales. Can keep Online less profitable than stores
Tesco available slots at 1.3-1.4 million to satisfy demand.
Online grocery grown to almost 15% from just under 8% of sales and Online is least profitable channel
Sainsburys that would be additional demand if could open more slots
Online home delivery slots doubled through click and collect and at No specific comment
Morrisons home delivery
Closed website to new customers in late March. Remains closed in July N/a
Ocado 2020
Ahold Delhaize No specific comment Online sales have lower margin quality than those in store
Saw a sudden increase in e-commerce demand Saw a positive impact on the variable costs margin due to volume
Carrefour increases but online sales still less profitable than those in store
New level of demand across all channels including click and collect and No specific comment
Casino home delivery
Exhibit 42: Online grocery growth has accelerated materially Exhibit 43: The average online grocery growth rate across major
across major European markets Western European markets is +c.100% for the last 4 weeks
CPG E-commerce growth (YoY) last reported reported
Total CPG e-commerce growth YoY (%)
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180% 174%
200%
178%
180% 160%
160% 140%
140% 120% 115%
119%
120%
100% 91%
100%
83% 80%
80% 68% 60%
59% 56%
60%
60%
40% 40%
24%
20% 9% 11% 20%
0% 0%
UK (Kantar) France Spain Italy UK (Kantar) France Spain Italy Germany
Penetration even higher for some grocers; Tesco 17.5% online in last 4 week period
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We would also note that the above number for Western Europe is an aggregate of some
very different penetration rates across different geographies. The figure also captures
penetration of the entire market, while penetration rates of the formal grocery retail
channel are generally noticeably higher. As we note below (Exhibit 45) in major
European markets, Kantar and IRI data focused on the formal channels, suggest online
penetration rates almost double that of the broader Euromonitor estimate. For individual
grocers, penetration rates are even higher, with the latest data from Kantar in the UK
suggesting that market leader Tesco made 17.5% of its sales online in the 4 weeks
ending 14th June.
While UK grocers were able to respond quickly to increased demand through store-pick
models, they recognise that online sales remain less profitable than those in store
(Exhibit 41). With recent reporting, they have flagged negative margin impacts despite
benefits of higher basket sizes and consistent demand for slots throughout the week.
On the other hand, Ocado, operating through its centralised, automated facilities,
demonstrated operating leverage through their UK grocery business, with operating
margins up c.150bps in 1H20 (though capacity constraints meant growth of c.40% in
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Exhibit 44: Online grocery penetration has stepped up materially Exhibit 45: Tesco’s online sales have accelerated since the start of
across key European markets since the start of the crisis the crisis, with penetration reaching c18% sales
E-commerce as % Total CPG sales last reported As labelled
Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Online as % total sales (LHS) Online YoY % sales growth (RHS)
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agreements with third-party platforms). We see this is as positive for Buy-rated Farfetch,
the leading global platform and largest online marketplace for luxury fashion.
Exhibit 46: Structural growth story remains strong - online just Exhibit 47: We see E-Concessions taking the most share amongst
c.12% of luxury sales; expected to rise to 30% in 2025 (Bain) third-party platforms - Farfetch is best positioned in our view
Market Size, € bn % Online and by Channel*
350
300
250
200
Offline
150
Online
100
50
0
2020E
2021E
2022E
2023E
2024E
2025E
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Source: Bain, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: Company data, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research, *Excludes Beauty
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Exhibit 48: Online luxury is gaining momentum, with Farfetch Exhibit 49: Farfetch app downloads are more than triple YNAP’s
taking share YTD
Global iPhone app downloads No. of global iPhone app downloads, 1 Jan 2020 – 31 May 2020
700,000 3,000,000
2,500,000
600,000
2,000,000
500,000
1,500,000
400,000 1,000,000
300,000 500,000
0
200,000
Nordstrom
Gucci
Mr Porter
Hugo Boss
Net A Porter
Moncler
Yoox
24 Sevres
Selfridges
Harrods
Burberry
Farfetch
YNAP in season
My Theresa
The Outnet
Louis Vuitton
Matches Fashion
100,000
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Latin America
E-commerce in Latin America benefited from the offline to online shift which was
accelerated by the Covid-19 crisis. In USD terms, we forecast ecommerce sales in 2020
to grow by +14%, reaching a 7.7% share of the overall retail market and implying an
acceleration in the online shift to +215bp, up from on average 66bp in 2017-19. For
2021-24, we forecast an average annual online shift of 100bp for the region. For LatAm
Ex-Brazil we expect 2020 ecommerce sales to grow by +26% in USD and forecast an
ecommerce penetration level of 6.4%, up from 4.5% in 2019.
In local currency terms, growth rates are much higher given the appreciation of the
USD. We expect Argentina, Mexico and Chile to grow at +86%,+67% and +27%
respectively for the year 2020 in their respective local currencies. For Mexico, the
second largest market in LatAm after Brazil, we expect a +275bp gain in ecommerce
penetration in 2020, reaching 7.7%. By 2024, we project penetration to reach 11.7%,
with an average annual shift of +100bp from 2021-24 (vs. on average c.80bp in 2017-19).
For Chile, we forecast penetration to advance to 7.4% in 2020E (+125bp yoy), followed
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by an average annual penetration gain of c.80bp, roughly in line with the pace in
2017-19. We also expect Chile to be the third largest market for ecommerce in LatAm
from 2021, surpassing Argentina.
Brazil
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40.0%
250,000
35.0%
200,000 30.0%
BRL millions
25.0%
150,000
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10.0%
50,000
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E
We estimate that market GMV growth accelerated to +59% yoy in 2Q20E, up from
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We believe a large portion of the online shift will stick, in line with GS Research
views in the other regions. We project full-year 2020E ecommerce growth at +38% yoy,
driving another +275bp of the total retail market online and reaching penetration of
9.7%. This compares to an average annual online shift of +74bp in the prior three years.
Much like in other regions, the temporary closure of non-essential retail formats,
combined with shifts in demand patterns, propelled the online shift for categories that
were previously largely offline. According to data compiled by Compre & Confie, food
and beverage sales grew 143% yoy from late February through early May, followed by
health care and musical instruments (both +135%), home items (+109%) and toys
(+104% yoy).
And even retailers that were able to maintain their stores open experienced a
substantial acceleration in online sales in this period. For grocery retailers, Carrefour
Brasil and CBD (Grupo Pao de Acucar), food ecommerce GMV grew by +235% and
+82% yoy in 1Q20.
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sales in 2020E, but see risk skewed to the upside significant share in ecommerce, reaching second position in 2022E
Brazil e-commerce penetration and yoy change (bps) Market share evolution of leading e-commerce companies in Brazil
+275bp +300bp
16.0% 32% 32%
31% 32%
30%
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27%
23% 26%
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18%
10.0% 18% 23% 22%
+150bp +150bp 16% 15%
+150bp 14%
8.0% 10% 11%
14.4% 14% 9% 9% 9%
12.9% 13% 8%
6.0% 7%
+73bp +79bp 11.2% +100bp
+71bp 9.7% 9%
4.0% 7%
7.0% 5% 4% 5%
5.5% 6.2% +50bp
2.0%
2021E
2022E
2014
2016
2017
2019
2020E
2015
2018
0.0% +0bp
2017 2018 2019 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E Mercado Libre B2W Via Varejo Magazine Luiza
Ecommerce as % of total retail Change yoy (bp) * Total ecommerce market based on total GMV reported by Ebit and MercadoLibre
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Traditional retailers and brands have also accelerated the testing and roll-out of
new digital sales channels. VVAR, MGLU, ARZZ, LREN, CNTO and others are using
WhatsApp to contact clients with promotional offers, including the possibility to finalize
the entire transaction through this channel. Social Commerce is also on the rise, with
MGLU and NTCO also working with Facebook Stores, set up by sales staff, independent
sales reps or third-party individuals. LREN also offers social selling through WhatsApp
and other social media. Moreover, retailers and brands quickly moved to experiment
with live streaming, a marketing tool that had previously only been used around major
digital holidays (e.g. MGLU for Black Friday).
launched this option. Prior to the lockdown, Click & Collect accounted for a significant
share of online orders (e.g. c.28% for MGLU). We believe this was largely a result of
high shipping costs, long delivery periods or limited visibility on the timing of deliveries
across many regions of Brazil, rather than an actual customer preference. We therefore
see the massive shift to doorstep deliveries as a watershed moment for Click & Collect,
which we believe may not return to prior levels.
Informal and SME retail chains may be left behind, in our view, as the current
environment makes the ability to invest behind technology and drive organic traffic to
their websites even more important. Smaller and less well-capitalized chains may
therefore struggle to navigate what will also be a prolonged period of economic
downturn. We believe this will create new opportunities for market leaders to
consolidate further share, either organically or through M&A.
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No widespread store closures announced yet, but new store openings delayed or
suspended. Unlike in more developed retail markets where leading retail chains reached
greater density in physical store footprints, Brazil has not seen announcements of
widespread store closures. That said, we expect to see a sharp rise in the closure of
retail doors over the next months as the reopening process continues to be volatile and
overall SSS growth remains relatively weak, although a larger share of this may be
concentrated in privately held companies, especially for those with more restricted scale
and higher cash flow/balance sheet constraints.
We are Buy-rated on MELI, BTOW, and MGLU, on the back of expectations for an
accelerated structural shift to online retail in Brazil. Although we recognize the
demand risk from more cyclical categories, such as electronics and appliances (which
account for 50%-60% of Brazil’s ecommerce GMV pre-Covid), we believe this can be
partially offset by an accelerated online shift of other categories that so far have been
under-penetrated online (e.g. food, HPC, toys, pets, and home & bath), and the ongoing
physical constraints to traditional offline retailers could shift entire new demographics
online. In our view, the benefits of this shift could last beyond the current period of store
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closures and social distancing, accelerating a dynamic that was already underway. In
this scenario, we think that assortment, scale and logistics could be critical structural
advantages, and we see MELI and B2W relatively better positioned to capture this
opportunity.
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India
The biggest near term theme in India internet, in our view, is the foray of Reliance
Industries (India’s largest market-cap company with presence across sectors such as
energy, telecom and retail) into ecommerce, and the company’s tie-up with WhatsApp
for online grocery.
significant growth in categories like apparel, appliances, health & personal care, where
online penetration in India remains materially lower vs. peers such as China.
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since COVID-19; (2) RIL’s foray into the space leveraging its large offline distribution
capabilities; (3) Ability to order grocery through WhatsApp, a platform with >400 mn
MAUs in India. (4) Higher support from brands (we note HUL recently talked about
higher focus on e-commerce). Overall, we forecast online grocery orders to grow from
<300k per day in 2019, to more than 5mn per day by 2024.
In online grocery, Bigbasket and Grofers accounted for 80%+ of the market in 2019, as
per Grofers (link here). The category has been growing at >50% YoY for the last couple
of years, but with the outbreak of COVID-19 resulting in shift to online, and the recent
entry of RIL, we believe growth will accelerate to 81% CAGR during 2019-24E. We
believe RIL’s partnership with Facebook could result in the company becoming a market
leader in the online grocery space, with >50% share by 2024E. Having said that, we do
see grocery as a large category for two or more players to co-exist over time.
COVID-19 impact
We do not get a lot of high frequency data for India ecommerce to accurately assess
the impact of COVID-19 on the sector thus far. However, as per Nykaa, one of India’s
largest online beauty/lifestyle platforms, the company was at 20%/65%/85% of
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Exhibit 53: We expect online retail to account for 11% of the overall Exhibit 54: We expect grocery and apparel/fashion to be the
retail market in India by 2024 biggest drivers of India ecommerce
Penetration of online retail 2024E vs 2019 India ecommerce market size by category (US$ bn)
23.0%
$12 bn $99 bn
$14 bn
15.2% $15 bn
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$28 bn
10.7%
2.0%
2019 market Grocery Apparel & Electronics & Others 2024E India
2014 2019 2024E Brazil Indonesia USA China
size footwear appliances ecommerce
India Other countries (2019) market size
Source: Euromonitor, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Source: Euromonitor, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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Russia
We believe COVID-19 will lead to a steep increase in eCommerce penetration in Russia,
significant part of which will be sustained in the medium term as we observe shift in the
consumer patterns and re-assessment of digital commerce strategies by offline players.
During the pandemic, Russia’s leading eCommerce players experienced accelerated
growth: Ozon GMV growth accelerated to c.200% in April (vs 115% in 1Q20 and 93% in
2019), Wildberries increased sales by 180% yoy in April 2020 (in number of units sold),
Beru marketplace increased GMV by 300% yoy in May 2020.
focus on TMall domestic marketplace) and Beru (1P and 3P multi-category marketplace
with a price comparison platform [Link]. Yandex recently announced an
agreement to acquire Sberbank’s entire stake in [Link]. The companies expect
the transaction to close in 3Q20).
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recording triple digit growth rates, and major tech platforms (Yandex and
[Link]/Sberbank JV) are rolling-out their fast, hyper-local grocery delivery from the dark
stores. We have also observed various offline players re-assessing their online strategies
by launching own online platforms and accelerating their move towards existing
marketplaces.
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$70,000 35.0%
$60,000 30.0%
$50,000 25.0%
$40,000 20.0%
$30,000 15.0%
$20,000 10.0%
$10,000 5.0%
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We believe Russian eCommerce market will face the following major trends in the
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medium term:
(1) Sustainable market growth (GSe 21% CAGR over 2020-23E, a notch below 2015-19
CAGR of 23%) at structurally higher penetration levels compared to pre-COVID era; We
expect up to 100 bpts boost to eCommerce penetration on the back of COVID-19.
(2) Organic market consolidation, with multiple times higher growth rates for the leading
well-capitalized marketplaces; less capitalized players will be challenged; M&A could
intensify as well, given the strategic attractiveness of the sector. We note that Yandex
recently announced a buyout of Sberbank’s entire stake in [Link] eCommerce
JV in June. Separately, Reuters (June 4) reported potential interest of Sberbank in
acquiring a stake in Ozon.
(3) Offline players moving online at accelerated pace as they recognize the vital
importance of online channel in the post-COVID environment. In our view, some players
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will try to explore online opportunities by themselves; others will join existing
marketplaces (or combine both options);
(4) Increasing focus on assortment expansion as key market players are aiming to lock
consumers on their platform and offer one stop-shop solution. We have observed
transformational move by Wildberries expanding from clothes and fashion into a
multi-category player. Ozon is rapidly expanding its marketplace (contributes to c.50% of
GMV as of May 2020); TMall and Beru are expanding category offerings as well. We
believe key players will increasingly focus on loyalty programs with various fintech,
promotional activities and cross-ecosystem synergies;
(5) Ongoing gradual reduction of cross-border share, since domestic leaders are
increasing assortment, improving delivery time and offer attractive pricing terms.
Cross-border will remain a large part of the market, given price advantages and large
assortment, especially relevant for regional consumers;
(6) Focus on social commerce features by AliExpress Russia (together with VK, OK
social networks) as well as potential entrance of Yandex via its Zen newsfeed
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integrations.
(7) Faster adoption of payment solutions (mainly prepayment through bank cards)
instead of cash on delivery, accelerated by the pandemic. The cashless experience
proved to work well for consumers;
(9) Evolution of last-mile delivery solutions with ride-hailing services offering their
logistics capabilities, contactless delivery to consumers’ premises and various
partnerships with offline players around pick-up points;
Wildberries has doubled its IT-team size from 200 in Dec-18 to 400 in Sep-19.
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Australia
Australian eCommerce penetration has remained below the average global penetration,
at c. 6.5% in CY19 vs. global penetration at c. 13.3%. COVID-19 has, however, led to a
step change in this penetration with e-commerce sales in April 2020 being at 11.1%
(Source: ABS).
On a monthly basis, we note that penetration peaks in the month of November each
year and then resets to a new level, reverting to the November peak around April/May.
However, in March this year, penetration has already exceeded the levels from
November 2019 and penetration in April 2020 was c. 400bps ahead of that implied by
the trend expectations.
According to Auspost, more than 200k new households shopped online in April 2020.
Online purchase was up 6.8% in April vs. the 30 days to 18th Dec 2019. Interesting
trends noted during this period are:
n E-commerce in major cities doubled yoy in April 2020. However, strong growth was
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broad based across all regions with inner and outer regional Australia up +89% and
+72% respectively and sales in remote and very remote Australia up +64% and
+56% respectively.
n Of the 200k new shoppers in April 2020, 35.5% purchased online more than once
and 16.7% three or more times.
n Home deliveries made up 91% of all delivery orders. Alternative delivery options
(like parcel lockers) were up +30.3%.
n In terms of categories, while the initial focus was on essentials, this transitioned to
stay at home categories like entertainment, DIY, casual clothing etc post that.
Fashion was down -5% yoy initially, but improved to +100% yoy later. Wine and
Liquor sales were up +160% yoy over March and April while Department stores
were up +400% yoy during the Easter week.
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COVID-19 reset forecasts e-commerce penetration
12.0% 14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
10.0%
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We previously noted that a key issue in Australia resulting in the lower e-commerce
penetration is the difficulty to achieve economies of scale in distribution given the large
urban market density and sparsely populated regional areas. As a result, we’ve
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historically had pockets of consumption in urban areas while the regional areas
remained under-penetrated. Interestingly, we note that in the month of April, online
sales growth in the regional areas were higher than that of the metro areas in the two
most populous states of NSW and Victoria. This may reflect a demand driven shift in
e-commerce penetration in regional areas, implying a more sustainable increase in
e-commerce penetration. We expect the temporary lift in e-commerce penetration to
wane by July 2020 and settle towards the sustainable lift (which we estimate to be c.
50% of the 400bps of increase), resulting in online penetration of 8.9% in CY20. Beyond
CY20 we forecast annual e-commerce penetration to grow by the historical average rate
of c. 50bps p.a. Additionally, due to the COVID-19 reset we expect e-commerce to
capture 73% of retail growth in CY20 vs. an average capture ratio of 21% in the prior
years.
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20.0%
10.0%
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By category:
n Grocery and liquor: c. 78% of the online grocery and liquor sales in Australia are
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sold through Woolworths Group (Woolworths Supermarkets and Endeavour Drinks)
and Coles Group. Recognizing the surge in demand for online services post
COVID-19, both of these players have doubled their capacity for this channel, though
skewed to delivery and kerbside pick up/drive-thru. We expect this growth to be
sustained even as social distancing restrictions are relaxed as consumers get used
to the convenience of avoiding prolonged public contact in one of their most
frequent shopping requirements amidst the virus scare. In CY19, online penetration
in the grocery sector was c. 3.3%.
n Household retailing: Penetration in this segment was c. 14% in CY19. These goods
are usually more of a planned higher value purchase than the other categories. While
consumers are likely to increase their pre-purchase research on this category, we
believe the sudden increase in e-commerce penetration is likely to be less sticky in
this segment.
Online retailing is less concentrated in this segment. Amongst the listed
omni-channel electronics players, JB Hi-Fi holds a 5.4% online market share. While
HVN does not disclose their online sales, we estimate this to be c. 2% of online
market share.
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1. City Chic Collective ([Link], Analyst: Ashwini Chandra, rated Buy, 12m TP
A$3.20)
n CCX is focused on plus sized women’s clothing. It has diversified channels to market
but the strongest exposure to the online channel in our ANZ coverage with over
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60% of group sales coming through a combination of its own websites and
third-party marketplaces with the balance from in-store in ANZ and wholesale
channels in the US and EU.
n Its growth engines include (1) broadening its presence across all categories from
casual to formal to lingerie to activewear, (2) cross-sell opportunities across its four
major brand platforms: City Chic, CCX, avenue and Hips & Curves, and (3) further
expansion into the US/UK/EU markets with a capital light business model (focused
on online and wholesale channels) which is likely to be a combination of organic
driven growth and M&A.
n CCX has a strong balance sheet to support these growth initiatives organically which
drives a 3yr EPS CAGR (FY190-FY22E) of 19%.
n Our 12-month TP of A$3.20 is derived as a blend of our fundamental valuation
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methodology and M&A valuation as follows: (1) 85% fundamental valuation (20%
premium to the FY21E Small Ordinaries P/E multiple of 18.5x resulting in a target
multiple of 22.2x) applied to FY22E EPS, and (2) 15% M&A valuation - which
remains unchanged (we apply a 28.4x P/E multiple (CCX’s peak 12m forward P/E
multiple over past 12m) to FY22E EPS).
n Key risks: Consumer spending environment in Australia & US deteriorates;
COVID-19 has a larger impact on sales than we expect; increase in competition from
either specialist plus size retailers and/or increased plus size offerings from straight
size retailers; tariff risk; loss of wholesale and/or online marketplace partners.
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EV/EBITDA, 22.0x FY21E EV/EBITDA derived from a 15% discount to peers applied
to FY22E EBITDA, and DCF), and 15% M&A valuation (peak 12m fwd EV/sales over
the past 2 years [1.5x] applied to FY22E sales).
n Key risks: Consumer discretionary spending slows with further economic
weakness, changes to search algorithms/rankings negatively impact RBL’s organic
traffic, competition, worse than expected paid acquisition cost control, litigation risks
from content on RBL’s platforms breaching copyright/trademark restrictions.
n APT is a market leading ‘buy now, pay later’ service provider in the ANZ market with
3.3mn active users and is rapidly scaling in the US market having recently surpassed
5.6mn active users and another 1.0mn in the UK.
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n It facilitates a short-duration installment repayment service (4x fortnightly
repayments) which provides customers with a budgeting tool that has proved to be
popular with a younger demographic (early adopters tend to be 20-30 years of age)
and with merchants in the fashion and beauty category (US merchants include the
likes of Urban Outfitters, Shein, Designer Shoe Warehouse, Ulta Beauty).
n Structural demand drivers include migration to online shopping, reducing use of
cash/increasing use of debit cards and a consumer that is increasingly showing
signs of avoiding revolving lines of credit that come with high interest costs.
n APT is likely to receive a further boost in growth by being available as an in-store
payment option in the US market through recently announced partnerships with
Apple Pay and Google Pay that will allow Afterpay to be added to the digital wallet as
a virtual payment card that can be accepted wherever Afterpay is integrated with the
merchant and where Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted.
n Strong growth in consumer numbers and rising frequency of use are the critical
value drivers of APT as these help create a network effect by attracting new
merchants and new consumers to the platform as it scales.
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Southeast Asia has experienced one of the highest ecommerce GMV growth rates
globally in the past 3 years, given the confluence of rapidly growing disposable income,
significant improvements in regional infrastructure, fast growing domestic
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n Rising B2C GMV mix, especially on FMCG: With offline retail being forced to
close or operate under much shorter working hours, we have seen brands/retailers
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moving online. This is in fact a more profitable sales channel for brands, as online
platforms take lower commission rates than offline. The FMCG category is the key
beneficiary, as consumers naturally look to stock up on essentials in the initial phase
of lockdowns. Indeed, our analysis shows that online vs. offline SKU differentiation
for key brands have significantly narrowed during this period. Longer term, the key
difference could be simply in bulk sales (online) vs. single pack sales (offline) for
SKUs.
n New brands and private labels may emerge: As brands move online, C2C
merchants have to differentiate by facilitating and introducing smaller or less known
brands online. This will create more brand fragmentation, and open up room for
ecommerce platforms to consider private label products (e.g. Momo in Taiwan) too.
There may also be opportunity to work closer with certain major brands on a
win-win partnership. These are all likely positive for platform economics, as offline
revenues (commission, advertising, value added services etc.) from major
brands/retailers can now shift online as well.
n Platforms may accelerate logistics build-out: We believe that the COVID-19
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outbreak has surprised platforms in terms of the supply chain challenges they
created, both for cross border and domestic. In addition, to grow their B2C business
alongside brands/retailers, platforms have to offer warehousing, fulfillment and
logistics services as well. This will compel platforms to grow their in-house logistics
capabilities and likely do more 1P business, favoring those already with such assets
(e.g. Lazada).
n Competition stays aggressive: While there are signs of higher monetization since
2H19, we believe it remains too early for platforms to be profitable. Indeed,
ecommerce platforms who keep re-investing back into the business will be better
placed to be winners. There are also new challengers; e.g., Facebook has
announced an investment in local ride hailing / payments player Gojek.
n Breakthrough to lower tier cities vital: As ecommerce penetration rises further,
the tier 1 cities are already well penetrated and ecommerce platforms have to move
deeper into tier 2-3 cities, where there are significant challenges. Hence, the ability
to leverage learnings from China and other markets (e.g. Pinduoduo) on consumer
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Conclusion
Given the above trends, we expect ecommerce demand to pull forward given the
COVID-19 impact, with Indonesia’s ecommerce market leading the region, with
penetration expected to rise from 24.0% in 2019 to 41.2% by 2024E. Other countries
are also expected to see significant uplift ahead. With greater B2C GMV mix, we also
expect ecommerce platform profitability to improve over time. Shopee (Sea Ltd) and
Lazada (Alibaba) are among the best positioned ecommerce platforms in this space.
We maintain Buy (CL) on Sea Ltd as we see it as a key winner in the fast-growing
ASEAN/Taiwan gaming, ecommerce and payments markets, and see upside from its
successful moves into LATAM and India. Indeed, Sea is transforming into a global
Emerging Markets internet player, with a much larger TAM to compete for. Our 12m
SOTP based target price is US$120, implying 10% share price upside — significantly
higher than the median potential share price return of -5% for our Asia internet
coverage. While the share price is +183% YTD vs NYSE index -13% YTD, we still see a
relatively favorable risk reward outlook (78% upside to bull case, 54% downside to bear
case).
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Key Risks: 1) Competition from global peers; 2) Macroeconomic and geopolitical risks
and exchange rate volatility; 3) Execution in new markets e.g. LATAM/India; 4) Inability
to derive synergies from all three businesses.
Exhibit 59: Summary of offline retail closures in Southeast Asia and Taiwan
From To
Source: Jakarta Globe, the Straits Times, Bangkok Post, compiled by Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research.
Exhibit 60: Ecommerce penetration to grow the fastest in Indonesia Exhibit 61: FMCG products are leading the growth in Indonesia
in 2020
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41.2% 36%
26% 26%
24.0% 21%
23.3% 19%
21.2%
15%
15.2% 14.4%
13.4% 12.8% 12.5% 8%
11.4% 10.5% 7%
7.9% 3% 4% 4% 5% 3%
7.0% 6.8% 7.3% 2% 3%
4.4% 5.0% 4.7%
3.4% 3.2%
2.3%
Beauty and Consumer Health Home Care Other FMCG Total FMCG
Indonesia Vietnam Thailand Philippines Malaysia Singapore Taiwan Personal Care
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Zalando [Link] Neutral 2.1x 1.7x 1.5x 5.1x 4.1x 3.5x 33.3x 25.1x 19.8x 18% 18% 32%
MEDIAN 4.1x 3.6x 3.0x 10.2x 7.4x 6.3x 25.7x 22.0x 17.5x 18% 17% 23%
AVERAGE 6.7x 5.7x 4.6x 19.8x 11.3x 8.7x 26.7x 23.8x 19.7x 20% 19% 23%
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[Link] Inc. (Neutral, $55.11), ASOS Plc (Buy, 3,408p), Adyen NV (Buy, €1,434.00), Afterpay Ltd. (Neutral, A$69.49), Alibaba Group (ADR) (Buy,
$254.81), [Link] Inc. (Buy, $3,196.84), Avalara Inc. (Buy, $130.58), B2W (Buy, R$119.64), Cafe24 Corp. (Sell, W55,700), City Chic Collective Ltd.
(Buy, A$3.03), Etsy Inc. (Buy, $106.69), Eventbrite Inc. (Neutral, $8.74), Farfetch Ltd. (Buy, $21.69), Fast Retailing (Buy, ¥58,600), FedEx Corp. (Buy,
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$164.13), Groupon Inc. (Sell, $16.22), GrubHub Inc. (Not Rated, $70.05), Honeywell International Inc. (Buy, $153.39), Info Edge India Ltd. (Sell,
Rs3,253.85), [Link] Inc. (ADR) (Buy, $63.40), Just Eat [Link] NV (Not Rated, €93.12), Macerich Co. (Sell, $7.80), Magazine Luiza (Buy,
R$87.00), Meituan Dianping (Buy, HK$188.40), MercadoLibre Inc. (Buy, $1,024.81), Naspers Ltd. (Buy, R3,153.10), Netflix Inc. (Buy, $502.41), Nike Inc.
(Buy, $95.65), Ocado Group (Neutral, 2,099p), PayPal Holdings (Buy, $178.82), Pinduoduo Inc. (Neutral, $84.83), Redbubble Ltd. (Buy, A$2.29), Reliance
Industries (Buy, Rs1,919.30), Schibsted ASA (Buy, Nkr286.70), Sea Ltd. (Buy, $115.25), Stitch Fix Inc. (Buy, $25.90), Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (Sell,
€50.94), United Parcel Service Inc. (Buy, $118.35), Vipshop Holdings (Neutral, $21.68), Walmart Inc. (Buy, $131.47), Wayfair Inc. (Buy, $229.88), Zalando
SE (Neutral, €65.12), eBay Inc. (Neutral, $58.47) and iQIYI Inc. (Neutral, $22.68).
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In Brazil, promotional activities during the COVID-19 pandemic played a crucial role in bolstering eCommerce growth, especially in food categories. As traditional retail avenues closed, food and beverage categories saw substantial year-on-year growth due to both promotional efforts and inherent shift in consumer behavior towards online shopping, with food ecommerce sales rising by 143% from late February to May .
European apparel retailers have resorted to elevated promotional activities to cope with unpredictable weather patterns and necessary price investments. However, these strategies have led to a reduction in gross margins over the last two years. Promotional activities remained elevated in 2019, and it is expected that industry-wide excess inventory post-COVID-19 will result in continued elevated markdown activities, further affecting gross margins .
During the COVID-19 pandemic, eCommerce platforms in Europe faced challenges related to store closures and reduced physical retail sales. To ensure growth, platforms focused on enhancing their digital propositions, such as improving mobile apps, offering various fulfillment options, and expanding choice and assortment. The persistent demand for online shopping was further supported by elevated investment from both pure-play online and omni-channel retailers .
Leading European apparel retailers like ASOS and Zalando have adopted strategies focused on expanding market presence by enhancing their platform services, such as integrating marketplace for brands, improving fulfillment services, and offering media solutions. Despite higher fulfillment costs, these strategies have been essential in differentiating their offerings and capturing additional market share. Zalando, in particular, focuses on platform-related service expansions to enhance reach and competitive advantage .
Self-isolation and social distancing measures due to COVID-19 positively impacted Japan's eCommerce space in 2020. These measures particularly encouraged older demographics, specifically those over 40 years old, to become more digitalized. This demographic shift expanded the user base and increased eCommerce penetration, as evidenced by online sales growth of around 50% year-on-year in apparel companies like Adastria and United Arrows in May 2020 .
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in UK eCommerce growth in 2020, with non-food online penetration peaking at 58% in April due to store closures. Post-lockdown, an increase in the number of online consumers and a higher purchase frequency resulted in a projected 17% year-on-year growth in UK non-food online sales, raising online penetration from 30% to 38% in 2020 .
The growth in eCommerce platforms’ GMV in Japan during 2019 was significantly influenced by two main factors. First, the Japanese government's promotion of cashless payments through a points-based rebate system provided consumers with incentives to use these platforms more frequently. Second, there was a rush in demand prior to the consumption tax hike in October 2019, leading to increased consumption. Together, these factors resulted in a high GMV growth in the second half of the year .
Brazil's ecommerce growth in 2020 marked a significant increase with a full-year projected growth of +38% year-on-year, compared to average annual growth of 18% in 2019. The rapid growth was driven by widespread lockdown measures which accelerated the shift to online platforms. Furthermore, investments in the ecommerce ecosystem such as new fulfillment and payment solutions substantially contributed to this growth .
The exceptionally large size of Japan's store network, which was reported to be 24 times larger than the US's per square meter, indicates a favorable environment for store-oriented retail. This trend limits the potential expansion of apparel eCommerce as it implies a strong preference and infrastructure support for traditional retail formats over online platforms .
In 2020, ecommerce penetration in Latin America exceeded past projections due to accelerated growth in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. Argentina saw an 86% increase in local currency terms, Mexico's penetration is expected to rise by +275bp to 7.7%, and Chile to 7.4%. This increase reflects a larger shift online driven by pandemic conditions, diverging from earlier trends which averaged smaller annual shifts in penetration rates.