1、2023 B2B ECOMMERCE MARKET TRENDSData and trends shaping the future of B2B digital transformationMARCH 2023Compliments ofQUARTERLY SERIES PART 1 Copyright 2023 Digital Commerce 360&Vertical Web Media LLC.All rights reserved.Content published March 2023.ACCELERATING B2B ECOMMERCE IN 2023 3Approaching$

2、2 trillion in B2B ecommerce sales 4The big picture for digital expectations 9DIGITAL COMMERCE HELPED SMOOTH OUT 2022S ROUGH SPOTS 13ABOUTThe author 18Digital Commerce 360 20CHARTSTotal B2B sales grow steadily in 2022 5B2B ecommerce sales continue to grow at a healthy clip 8B2B marketplaces enter the

3、 digital commerce mainstream 9More B2B buyers punch in punch out 14All ecommerce sales 16SPONSOR ARTICLEBLOOMREACH 6Building flexible ecommerce sites for todays B2B buyers Copyright 2023 Digital Commerce 360&Vertical Web Media LLC.All rights reserved.Content published March 2023.2022 is in the histo

4、ry books for manufacturers and distributors.And even though the last 12 months were a return to more normal conditions,B2B buyers and sellers still weathered some major challenges.Despite the lingering effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic,inflation,supply chain disruption and a labor shortage,U.S

5、.manufacturers and distributors grew total B2B sales in 2022 to$14.86 trillion.Thats up 14.5%from$12.98 trillion,according to the U.S.Department of Commerce and a Digital Commerce 360 estimate for December total sales.Manufacturing and distribution sales grew robustly in 2022 overall.But by the end

6、of the fourth quarter,sales growth had slowed by about half compared with the first three months of the year.In 2022s first quarter,sales growth was up to about$3.66 trillion.Thats nearly 19%growth,according to data from the Commerce Department and Digital Commerce 360.But for the fourth quarter,the