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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Paulina ABRAMOVICH

Buy Now, Pay Later: Latin America Pressured By Chinese Online Shops

According to data platform Statista, Latin Americans spent some $122 billion on online purchases in 2022, a figure expected to rise to $200 billion by 2026 (Credit: AFP)

Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China almost 20,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) away.

Like many of her peers, the 20-year-old dentistry student says she no longer has use for malls.

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