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MARKET DATA · GLOBAL · 2026

Clothing & accessories in numbers – 2026

Statista projects worldwide fashion e-commerce revenue at about $960 billion in 2026.
Apparel alone is estimated at about $850 billion online in 2026.
Figures are worldwide unless stated otherwise.

Fashion e-commerce revenue, worldwide

$960.1B

2026 projection (Statista Market Insights) [1]

Affiliate marketing industry, worldwide

$27.8B

2026, all niches [6]

Share of e-commerce driven by affiliates ESTIMATE

~9.4%

US benchmark, all niches – not niche-specific [7]

Europe and the Nordics

Region	2025	2026 (forecast)	Growth
Europe – B2C e-commerce	$1.02T	$1.08T	+5%
Northern Europe – B2C e-commerce	$78.1B	$82.9B	+6%
Denmark – B2C e-commerce per person	$5,007	–	#1 in Europe

All-sector B2C e-commerce [8].
Clothing & accessories is not reported separately, so use these figures as market context, not as niche totals.
Exchange rates: USD→EUR 0.89, USD→DKK 6.66, EUR→DKK 7.48 (October 2026) [9].

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TYPICAL COMMISSION

5–15%

Fashion and apparel programmes typically pay a one-time 5–15% of the sale. Higher-margin brands in fashion and beauty can pay 10–20%. [3]

Key takeaways

Apparel e-commerce market, worldwide: $850.2B – 2026 estimate (Precedence Research); $779.3B in 2025 [2].

Statista expects fashion e-commerce to grow 4.7% a year from 2026 to 2031 [1].

Many fashion programmes pay higher rates on first-time customer orders, typically 8–15% [4].

Since 19 July 2026, large companies in the EU have been banned from destroying unsold clothing and footwear under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation; medium-sized companies are expected to follow in 2030 [5].

Sources

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