Fashion market in Austria

The Austrian Fashion eCommerce market is predicted to reach US$2,458.8 million by 2024 and accounts for 21.5% of the total eCommerce market in Austria. It is expected to increase over the next years. The expected compound annual growth rate for the next four years (CAGR 2024-2028) will be 2.3%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$2,694.6 million by 2028. Within the Fashion market ECDB considers the following three sub-markets: Apparel, Footwear, and Bags & Accessories.

The online share refers to the proportion of the retail volume that is transacted via the Internet. It includes purchases via desktop PC, tablet or smartphone, both via website or app. Only retail of physical goods is taken into account. In the Austrian Fashion retail market, the online share is 34.4% and will increase by an average of 8.6% to 47.8% by 2028.

With sales in the Austrian Fashion market, zalando.at generated a revenue of US$334.0 million in 2023, which means it is the leading online store in this market. The Fashion ranking of Austria is based on all online stores that generated sales in this market in 2023. Due to a country- and category-dependent approach, both national and international online stores can be part of the ranking. The graph shows a filtered revenue. It only includes national sales within the respective market.

With 96.0% VISA the most commonly offered payment method of all online stores in the Austrian Fashion eCommerce market in 2023. Like VISA Mastercard with a share of 96.0% and American Express with a share of 41.6% the payment type Cards is the most common used by online retailers in in the Austrian Fashion eCommerce market in 2023. Other commonly used payment methods in that market are PayPal (E-wallets) with 79.2% and Sofortüberweisung (Bank transfer) with 48.5% of stores offering that payment method to the clients.

Despite Österreichische Post's dominant position with 59.3% of online stores opting for its services, the Austrian Fashion eCommerce market in 2023 remains diverse and competitive. Several other shipping service providers, including DHL, DPD, UPS (United Parcel Service), and GLS, hold smaller but significant shares, contributing to a dynamic and fragmented market.

In the Austrian Fashion eCommerce market, there is intense competition among various shop software solutions, leading to a highly fragmented landscape in 2023. None of the major shop software solution, including Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Magento, and SCAYLE, have been able to secure a market share exceeding 14.3%, suggesting a diversified market with numerous players holding smaller stakes.