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Watches, strollers and puzzles among fastest growing categories in e-channel in Q3-2017

In Q3 2017, the fastest growing categories in the e-channel as measured by Icecat, include a wide variety of fashion and household stuff. Most noticeable are fashion categories such as watches (+847% year-on-year) and sunglasses (+526%), baby care categories such as strollers (+671%) and car seats (+496%), toys like puzzles (+610%) and 3D printing materials (+358%).

These Icecat download statistics are based on around 3.5 billion data-sheet downloads by thousands of global e-commerce partners of Icecat, worldwide. In Q3, Icecat supported the downloads of around 73,000 registered e-channel partners, using 5,300 different tech platforms, related to the products of some 19,000 brands.

Download the overview of all 4,431 categories in Icecat by Q3 2017.

Founder and CEO of Icecat NV. Investor. Ph.D.

Martijn Hoogeveen

Founder and CEO of Icecat NV. Investor. Ph.D.

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