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The eCommerce sector is positively thriving at present and this couldn’t be advocated more so, it would seem, than in the results of the number of female e-commerce entrepreneurs in the UK. Our female moguls have the fastest growing entrepreneurial scene in the whole of Europe, in fact.
Currently, we’re seeing a 28 per cent rise in the last five years between 2009 and 2014 when compared to 17 per cent in France, 5 per cent in Italy and less than 2 per cent in Germany.
The study was conducted by eBay using government data, which also cited that the number of UK female entrepreneurs in online retail has developed at a faster rate than that of their male e-commerce entrepreneurial counterparts; which only increased by 10% over the same amount of time.
According to the research, female entrepreneurs are “smashing the glass ceiling” with female-founded e-commerce firms generating stable jobs. Ten per cent of female-founded eCommerce businesses has employees compared with the 2 per cent of those e-commerce businesses founded by men.
Tanya Lawler, eBay UK CEO, said:
“We’re seeing more and more women set up successful enterprises, and for all the talk of a glass ceiling, Britain is actually a nation of self-made women.
“Our research with Development Economics has now verified the strides that businesswomen are making in the small and medium enterprise space, and quantified their valuable economic contribution.”
If you are a female entrepreneur and you are looking for a team to help your new business flourish in the online market then do not hesitate to contact us here at Media Lounge and see what our Magento eCommerce developers can do for you.