More new research has predicted that online shopping is set to grow significantly over the next few years.
eMarketer predicts that the rise will be 4% annually, reaching a total of 72% of all internet users by 2014.
So far this year, 26 million people aged 14 plus in the UK, which equates to 67.7% of internet users in that age group, make at least one online purchase per month.
Another recent study by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising revealed that the number of British...
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Online shopping predicted for 4% annual rise
Posted August 10th, 2010
More new research has predicted that online shopping is set to grow significantly over the next few years.
eMarketer predicts that the rise will be 4% annually, reaching a total of 72% of all internet users by 2014.
So far this year, 26 million people aged 14 plus in the UK, which equates to 67.7% of internet users in that age group, make at least one online purchase per month.
Another recent study by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising revealed that the number of British...
Massive increase in online sales revealed
Posted July 21st, 2010
Online sales in the UK rose by a massive 20% last month.
This comes on top of the 22% rise witnessed in May. These figures, released in the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, mean that the last two months has seen the biggest leap in online sales since the summer of 2008.
During the first half of this year alone, the UK has spent a healthy £26.2 billion online, with June experiencing £4.4 billion spent in online sales, a 15% increase compared to the same month last...Every £1 in £5 of british retail spending to come from online
Posted January 20th, 2010
Now is the time to get your business an eCommerce website according to a recent study that states the internet will account for one in every five pounds of British retail spending by 2020.
Leading retail researchers Verdict, who performed the study for eBay, forecast that British online retail spending would more than triple to 67 billion pounds in 2020 from the 21 billion spent in 2009.
It also predicted that over the same time period, spending outside the internet would fall to 247...
High Street exodus as shoppers surge online
Posted November 15th, 2009
With the credit crunch now in full flow and with shoppers tightening the purse strings, Christmas has proven to be of little salvation for many established high street stores.
The demise of major brands such as Zavvi, and houshold names such as Woolworths is quickly leaving the once bustling high street, a place now bereft of life and fresh ideas. In a detrimental downward spiral, the losses of attractive high street names, now allow less choice for shoppers and less reasons to brave...
