B2B e-commerce can help firms cut purchasing costs by 15% - Deloitte

Digital B2B purchases could bring companies up to 15 percent of savings, however only 35 percent of Polish firms use internet purchasing platforms, according to a report prepared by Deloitte and Aleo, a subsidiary of ING BSK. “This business is following the trends observed in the consumer market, which means the share [of companies using digital purchasing] will grow,” said Edyta Musielak, director at ING Usługi dla Biznesu. B2B e-commerce market was estimated at PLN 215 billion in 2014. In 2011-2014 it grew at an average rate of 21.5 percent. Currently its size increases at a rate of 8 percent and the entire B2B e-commerce market should reach PLN 344 billion in 2020.