Tag: online sales
Online sales hold firm despite retail’s March mishaps
The amount of goods Brits bought in March fell by -0.9%. However, e-commerce sales shrugged off the slump as we all spent 0.8% more online, claims ParcelHero Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for March paint a mixed picture. It’s likely that shortages of some foods, particularly fruit and veg, drove down retail sales…
Online retail sales continue to fall in February
In February 2023, UK online retail saw a -4.1% Year-on-Year decline in revenue There was a -7.8% decline in Month-on-Month growth from January February welcomed the first Week-on-Week total market revenue growth of 2023 at +1.4% (for w/c 19th Feb) IMRG reveals two new online retail categories in their index January blues seeped into February,…
Online sales growth returns to pre-pandemic levels
New analysis from IMRG has revealed that, for all the tumult of the past few years, online sales have actually grown by a similar amount that might have been expected if there was no pandemic. This analysis is drawn from the IMRG Online Retail Index, which tracks online sales for 200 retailers on a sample…
Online year-on-year sales down again in October, says IMRG Capgemini
October represented the nineteenth consecutive month of negative Year-on-Year (YoY) growth in online retail, where sales were down -3.4%. That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks online sales for 200 retailers. Month-on-month (MoM) figures recorded a positive +11.7% uptick from September, suggesting current demand trends in the lead up to…
April’s online sales results suggest digital retail boom is over
At a time of rising inflation, online retail sales fell 12% Year-on-Year (YoY) in April. That's according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. With last month’s results representing the first time in two years that the Index was not skewed by pandemic lockdown comparisons, expectations…
E-commerce shores up faltering High Street, claims ParcelHero
August’s ONS retail figures reveal overall sales continue to fall, down 0.9% against the previous month. Once again, only an online sales uplift helped save the day, says ParcelHero. Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for August reveal more bad news for the High Street. Despite the end of almost all Covid…
Strong December as online sales hit 13 year high
Following November’s staggering performance, online retail sales growth in December remained high at 37% Year-on-Year (YoY), driving the annual figure to a staggering 13-year high. That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. Closing a turbulent year, which was underscored by high street…
Online sales set to soar by 54%, claims ParcelHero
As Lockdown 2.0 closes Britain’s High Streets for a second time, the UK courier services expert ParcelHero says retailers and home delivery networks are braced for a massive surge in deliveries thanks to increased online sales. ParcelHero reckons that, unlike the first lockdown, supermarkets, online retailers and their delivery partners are well prepared for the huge…
COVID-19 sees May online sales reach 12 year high
COVID-19 continued to reshape the retail landscape in May, as consumers acclimatised to the enforced shift to shopping online. The UK’s second month under lockdown saw online retail sales swell to a twelve-year high, up a staggering 32.7% Year-on-Year (YoY) in May. That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the…
Online sales fall flat in January, IMRG survey shows
After a surprisingly strong Christmas sales period, retailer hopes of a continuation of such growth into 2020 were dashed in January, with online retail sales growth dropping back to -0.4% Year-on-Year (YoY). That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. In a month where almost 10,000…
