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Russian e-commerce continued fast growth in H1 2019, Wildberries stronger than ever

September 11, 2019

Russian e-commerce kept growing fast in the first half of this year, reaching 725 billion rubles (slightly more than $11 billion), up 26% from H1 2018. This estimate, provided by research agency Data Insight, concerns only domestic sales of physical goods.  During this period, 191 million orders were processed by Russian sites, up 44% year-on-year. …

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Russian government aims to monitor Internet traffic and advertising flows

September 6, 2019

The Russian authorities are discussing the creation of a state-run Internet traffic monitoring system that would determine precisely the viewership of web content and online advertising. These discussions were reported yesterday by business daily Vedomosti, which cited government and industry sources. Such a system would provide the content creation and advertising industries with comprehensive and …

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Electronic payments used overwhelmingly in Russia; contactless payments increasingly popular

August 29, 2019

Last week Mediascope (formerly known as TNS Russia) released a study on how the Russian population uses electronic payment means. Conducted in June and July 2019, the research involved 3,500 inhabitants from 12 to 55 years of age from large Russian cities (over 600,000 inhabitants). Mediascope has analyzed the evolutions since its previous study in …

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Report: Russian digital influencer market is taking off, global brands already involved

August 15, 2019

East-West Digital News has just released an in-depth report on influencer marketing in Russia, addressing the lack of internationally-available information on the market. In its first edition, this report analyzes market trends, highlights the main players and offers practical recommendations on how to effectively manage influencer marketing campaigns in Russia. This study was conducted in …

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Russian e-commerce is entering accelerated development cycle, says new EWDN report

July 30, 2019

Addressing the lack of internationally-available information on Russian e-commerce, East-West Digital News has just released an in-depth study on this market. Among EWDN’s partners in this initiative are Data Insight, Russia’s leading data provider in this field, the E-Commerce Russia Association (NAMO), Ecommerce Foundation, an international expertise center based in the Netherlands as well as such …

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Moscow ranked #10 in global startup ecosystem ranking of 1,000 cities

December 19, 2019

StartupBlink has just released the 2019 edition of its Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report, which now encompasses 1,000 cities and 100 countries across the world. This is the first StartupBlink report that aims to track both momentum and trends within the global startup ecosystem. StartupBlink’s algorithm analyzes tens of thousands of data points. Data is coming from …

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Report: Russian fulfilment service market exceeds $200 million

July 13, 2019

As the Russian e-commerce market a promising development cycle, with many domestic and foreign players reporting record sales growth, market research agency Data Insight recently released a study on the local fulfilment service market. Here are the key findings of this report (the full version is available only in Russian language): The Russian fulfilment service market …

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Report: AI arms race is starting, states and private companies should stop it

May 10, 2019

The Netherlands-based international peace organisation PAX has just released a report on “The State of AI: Artificial Intelligence, the Military and Increasingly Autonomous Weapons.” The authors warn that “an AI arms race is in its infancy” with “potentially catastrophic results for humanity if states do not ensure human control over emerging weapons technology.”  The report urges governments to work together: “States should …

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Tiny, but growing: Russian VC market exceeded $1.2 billion in 2018

July 30, 2019

DSight, a database of deals dedicated to the Russian venture market, has just released the English version of its latest yearly report. This research includes contributions from EY, investor association NAIMA, CrunchBase and East-West Digital News. The market grew significantly last year, reaching $714.4 million, up 51.6% from 2017. If including Sberbank’s $500 million investment in …

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One year after ban, Telegram still accessible from Russia with growing audience

April 29, 2019

One year after Russian authorities decided to block it, the instant messenger Telegram continues to be widely accessible from Russia. Almost half of Telegram users in Russia do need to use VPNs to access the service, according to Telegram Analytics; but the number of daily users of the service in Russia grew from 3.7 million …

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Russian e-commerce ranking: local fashion site Wildberries maintains leadership, Western players show contrasted results

July 12, 2019

Each year specialized research agency Data Insight releases its ranking of Russian e-commerce sites. Sites are ranked by sales volume (incl. VAT), number of orders and average order value as estimated by the research agency and, in certain cases, confirmed by the companies. (The ranking excludes foreign players, which explains why AliExpress is not mentioned.) …

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In 2018, Internet contributed $61 billion to Russia’s national economy

April 18, 2019

In 2018, the Internet contributed 3.9 trillion rubles ($61.1 billion) to the Russian economy — up 11% from the previous year — according to an impressive report about Russia’s Internet economy and regulation released yesterday by the Russian Association of Electronic Communications. E-commerce generated a large chunk of this income — about 1.95 trillion rubles …

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