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Singapore ranks 3rd in index measuring readiness for online shopping

The Republic and Australia are the only two non-European economies in top 10 rankings from Unctad for 2019

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Published Sun, Dec 8, 2019 · 09:50 PM
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SINGAPORE came in third out of 152 economies in a United Nations business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce index that measures an economy's readiness for online shopping.

Though Singapore slips one position from a year ago, it remains with Australia (10th) the only two non-European economies in the top 10 rankings of the 2019 index constructed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).

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