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PrettyLittleThing named the fastest growing online fashion retailer

PrettyLittleThing, the online fast fashion company, has been named the fastest growing online retailer. Data from Hitwise, the consumer analytics company, shows PrettyLittleThing’s (PLT) sales increased by 400 percent in the 12 months to February 2016 and site traffic rose a staggering 663 percent year on year since 2014. The Manchester based...

Fashion

Amazon UK's most popular retailer

Amazon is the UK's most popular online retailer, according to a study by IMRG-Hitwise, topping the list of the 50 most used online retailers in the country, which include Argos and Test in second and third place respectively. While most firms stayed in the same position as last year, IMRG stated the biggest risers in July included Next, up to...

Fashion

More spending Online

More shoppers than ever shifted a significant chunk of their Christmas spending online, according to internet traffic analyst Hitwise. Hitwise data shows that the 2004 Christmas season saw the strongest ever performance for the internet retail sector in the UK, with online retailers experiencing a 23 per cent increase in traffic from December...

Fashion

Internet shopping up to 15 per cent of total

Familiar names from the UK High Street are seeing increasing success in transferring their brands online, according to online traffic analyst Hitwise. Hitwise reports today that the online retail sector in the UK reached its highest ever share of Internet traffic at the weekend, surpassing 15 per cent of all online visits on Sunday November 28....