5 Challenges and Opportunities Facing Retailers Establishing a Global E-Commerce Supply Chain

Consider the lightning-fast speeds at which global online sales are growing (14.8 percent annually) when compared with total retail sales (0.9 percent each year), according to a Jones Lang LaSalle report. With global online retail sales expected to have topped $1.2 trillion in 2013, and 39 percent of the world's population already online, embracing e-commerce has become mission-critical for most retailers.