Almost half of Poles yet to embrace e-commerce

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POLAND According to this year’s ‘E-commerce in Poland. Gemius for e-Commerce Poland’ report by Gemius, 44 pct of Polish internet users have yet to make any purchases on the internet.
The data reveals that non-buying internet users are mainly elderly people living in smaller towns, who feel more disadvantaged financially than other groups. They indicate that the fact that they cannot touch the product (45 pct) is the main reason for avoiding online shopping. Being used to traditional stores (24 pct) also plays an important role. People over 50 years of age need to be able to speak with the vendor more often than other age groups (23 pct). The report reveals that lower deliver
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