What are the Most Exciting Business Trends Right Now?

Sabir Semerkant
#WorkLifeBalanceBySabir
5 min readJul 11, 2021

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2020 was the year of chaos, confusion, and the other C-word that we’ve all grown tired of hearing. But it was also the year of e-commerce. We all spent more time indoors and more money on eBay, Amazon, and independent merchants. The e-commerce sector saw more growth in a single year than it was expected to see in a decade!

In 2021, those trends have continued, creating some very unique and exciting trends, including:

Out with the Global, In With the Local

Before 2020, it seemed like the world was getting smaller and more connected with every passing year.

In 2020, the pandemic closed borders and created a mass panic that changed consumer habits forever. Brexit didn’t help matters, either. Not only did it create a divide between the UK and EU, but it has also made it harder for many major international brands and US brands to ship to the UK.

As a result, the business world is shifting to a more localized focus.

Even when the world gets back to normal, companies will still have the niggling doubt that it will happen again. They will…

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Sabir Semerkant
#WorkLifeBalanceBySabir

$1B incremental sales guiding & advising E-com strategies by turning promising Ecom brands into profitable $10M+ winners | CEO @GrowthbySabir