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Online to make up 50 percent of retail sales by 2028 - research

Online purchases will account for more than 50 percent of UK retail sales in the next 10 years, up from 19 percent currently, new research suggests. According to the Digital Tipping Point report, commissioned by law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), the rapid growth will be driven by three main factors: the changing demographic of the UK adult...

Business

44 percent of Britons monetise their crafts skills online

A recent survey has revealed that 44 percent of adults in the UK said they had earned additional income from activities such as selling online goods, crafts and other outcomes of their hobbies. Likewise, a 30 percent of surveyed people expect to continue to do this regularly. ePages’ survey of more than 1,000 adults in the UK found out that...

Fashion

Online Clothing Retail Strategy

Among the challenges facing online clothing retailers, effective inventory management can go a long way toward providing a pleasant shopping experience for customers, retail experts said at the eTail 2005 Conference in Palm Desert, California last week. One of the issues online apparel retailers constantly face is when, or whether, to remove...