Descartes' Annual Ecommerce Study Shows Younger Consumers Driving Online Buying Growth - but 79% Have Experienced Delivery Probl

  • LONDON and ATLANTA, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (NasdaqSGX) (TSXSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released findings from How Smarter Home Delivery Wins Younger Consumers as Online Buying Slows, its fourth annual consumer sentiment study of ecommerce home delivery. The study shows that, in a slower growing ecommerce market, consumers aged 18-35 (“under 35s”) are the biggest contributor to online growth, increasing both the volume and frequency of their purchases over the last 12 months compared to the prior year. While 18% of overall consumers surveyed cut back on purchases during this period, 43% of under 35s increased their spending year-on-year compared to just 32% of over 65s (see Figure 1).