Internet Retailer, a Digital Commerce 360 brand, projected consumers worldwide would spend nearly $3.46 trillion online in 2019, up from $2.93 trillion in 2018. The expected 17.9% year-over-year growth in global web sales would be a slowdown from the 20.7% jump last year. However, global web sales were still growing faster than the more saturated U.S. ecommerce market, which Internet Retailer projected would increase 14% in 2019. Global retail sales through all channels were likely to hit $21 trillion by the end of the year, a 3.4% uptick from $20.31 trillion in 2018, according to Internet Retailer estimates.