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Online shopping to grow 320 billion pounds in three years

Online shopping is set to be worth 645 billion pounds in the world’s biggest e-commerce markets of UK, US, China and Germany, doubling in size over the next three years as consumers continue to head online to buy products. Research by OC&C Strategy Consultants, PayPal and Google shows that online sales will grow by 320 billion pounds between now...

Fashion

UK online retailers missing out on advertising revenue

British online retailers are missing out on an estimated 1 billion pound worth of advertising revenues, according to a new report by OC&C Strategy Consultants, by choosing not to sell advertising space on their own websites. The ‘Creating Value From Every Visit’ report revealed that only twoof the UK’s top 10 retailers choose to sell media space...

Fashion

UK: the leading global exporter of online goods in 2013

UK has emerged as the world's leading exporter of products purchased online, with a predicted trade surplus of over 1 billion dollars or 720 million pounds in 2013, which was fueled by international fashion sites such as Asos, Net-a-Porter and Farfetch, according to 'The Global Retail E-mpire report' recently published by London-based management...

Fashion

British fashion retailers see online success

British fashion retailers are seeing their online businesses soar with revenues expected to reach 28 billion pounds by 2020. The new findings were presented by analysts OC&C and Google in a report called 'Britain's Retail E-mpire.' The findings show international sales could outgrow domestic revenue to make up 40 percent of total online sales in...