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UK online clothing sales continue to slow

March marked the fifth consecutive month of single digit online sales growth in the UK, growing just 3.7 percent compared to the same month last year, according to new data. The latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index revealed that for the first three months of the year, revenue growth for clothing stood at 2.6 percent growth, significantly...

Retail

Indian e-tail market to reach 100 million customers, 15 billion dollars

That online shopping in India has a huge growth potential in view of a growing middle class and tech savvy consumers is no secret but now it's official: According to Google’s annual Online Shopping Growth Trends report, there will be 100 million online shoppers in India by 2016, spending an estimated 15 billion US dollars. Compared to just four...

Fashion

Smartphone use influences retail store sales

Smartphones currently influence 5.1 percent of annual retail store sales, translating into $159 billion in forecasted sales for 2012, according to new Deloitte research. For the first time in the industry, the in-depth study measures the "mobile influence factor" on in-stores sales. The mobile influence factor captures the in-store sales driven...

Fashion

Cyber crime: the e-retailer's threat

Online sales in the UK generated £58.8 billion in 2010, up eighteen percent year-over-year, according to the figures released by the UK online retail trade association IMRG. December registered a seven percent increase over November and a twenty five percent growth, as compared to the same month in 2009. Indeed, Christmas proved to be a...

Fashion

UK biggest online customers

UK adults are the most likely of all European countries to buy online. In 2009, a higher percentage of UK adults bought or ordered goods and services over the Internet in the previous 12 months than in any other EU country, according to Eurostat figures highlighted in a chapter of Social Trends published by the Office for National Statistics....