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Luxury draws more first-time buyers online than other retail verticals during lockdown

Online luxury purchases increased 82 percent year-over-year between April 2019 and April 2020. Image credit: Bluecore Online luxury purchases increased 82 percent year-over-year between April 2019 and April 2020. Source: Bluecore

 

Luxury online purchases from first-time buyers were up 181 percent year-over-year in April 2020, as shoppers turned to ecommerce for purchases of goods they would have usually bought in stores.