Soaring online sales defy credit crunch
According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, 17p in every pound was spent online during the first half of the year.
18 July 2008
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UK shoppers spent over £26.5 billion online in the first 6 months of this year despite the credit crunch, up 38% on the first half of 2007.
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Further coverage:
- The Retail Bulletin reports on how online spending is increasing regardless of the credit crunch.
- Silicon.com reports on online retailing taking 20p in every shoppers pound.
- Sky News reports on how online shopping now accounts for almost a fifth of all retail spend.
- The Scotsman reports on soaring online sales.
- Mike Petevinos speaks to BBC News on the rise of internet shopping.
- The Mirror reports on how online retail shopping is up by 38 percent.
- The FT reports on the buoyant internet shopping sales.
- Shoppers hunt online bargains, The Daily Telegraph reports.
- The Independent reports how online shoppers are bucking the gloom.
- The Guardian reports boom in online sales as shoppers desert high street.
- The Mirror reports on how online retail spending is up by 38 percent.
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