E-Commerce
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Apr- 2017 -4 April
Amazon takes on bricks-and-mortar stores with cash sales
Amazon has launched a new feature called Amazon Cash, making physical money payments possible for online goods. The new service…
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Feb- 2017 -14 February
New government cyber security centre opens
A new cyber security centre has been officially opened by the Queen today, in a bid to protect companies and…
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Dec- 2016 -16 December
Online spend to hit £805m on Christmas Day
Online retail sales on Christmas Day are set to rise more than 10% compared with the same day last year,…
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Nov- 2016 -17 November
October online sales growth at highest since Black Friday 2014
The value of online retail sales grew 18.9% in October compared with the same month last year – the highest…
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Sep- 2016 -22 September
Amazon launches marketplace for handcrafted artisanal products
Amazon has announced the launch of ‘Handmade at Amazon’ in the UK, a new marketplace featuring thousands of handcrafted products…
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Aug- 2016 -18 August
‘Heavy discounting’ spurs highest online sales growth in 20 months
Heavy discounting has spurred the highest growth in online sales for 20 months, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail…
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Apr- 2016 -19 April
Mobile sales soar 101% in first quarter of 2016
Sales via smartphones boosted online retail in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 as online sales grew 15% compared with…
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15 April
Returning online shoppers spend ‘almost twice as much as new visitors’
Returning online shoppers spent almost double (66%) what new visitors spent (34%) following the close of the 2015 holiday period,…
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Jan- 2016 -25 January
Online sales ‘nearly double’ for jewellery on ‘Cyber Weekend’
Online sales of jewellery over Cyber Weekend – the weekend following Black Friday – nearly doubled, according to the Edinburgh…
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Dec- 2015 -17 December
Record-breaking online sales growth in November
Online sales were up 40% in november, their largest month-on-month increase since the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index launched 15…
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