E-grocery development trends in the Russian regions

Abstract

The article considers regional development trends in the context of economic activity and price processes, shows data on material well-being of families in Russian regions, and presents the ratings of the Russian regions by dynamics of wages and family welfare. The dynamics of sectoral production (agro-industrial complex, logging and wood processing, extractive industry, oil and oil products transshipment, chemical industry, motor transport, marine transportation, furniture production, construction materials, housing construction, machine building, shipbuilding, tourism, and education) in the Russian regions has been shown, and diffrentiation of regions by industries development revealed. The dynamics of consumer demand has been presented and main factors affcting consumer activity from the cost of living crisis and escapism manifested in diffrent forms revealed. A signifiant trend is also a decrease in concentrating attention. Main trends in online commerce development in Russia have been shown as it has been growing in 2022 even against the background of general decline in consumer demand. These trends include orientation of most players to sustainable development and ethics: increasing market share and capitalization, as well as reducing concentration of activities on profi. Global and local factors of consumer goods sales development in the Internet have been identifid.