What?Trade 1.0–3.0

How trade evolves

Online retail follows the same three stages as bricks-and-mortar retail: from the own shop to the marketplace to e-wholesale. The institute described this third stage, E-Commerce 3.0, as a concept in 2020.

Bricks-and-mortar retailManufacturerCustomer1.0 · direct salesManufacturerSpecialist shopCustomer2.0 · cooperation with retailersManufacturerWholesaleShopsCustomer3.0 · expansion via wholesalersOnline retailManufacturerOnline shopCustomer1.0 · own online shopManufacturerMarketplaceCustomer2.0 · listing on marketplacesManufacturerE-wholesaleMarketplacesCustomer3.0 · E-Commerce 3.0G.W.S