Online sales of clothing and footwear soared by 20% in April, while internet lingerie sales have risen 72% year-on-year, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
The index found that consumers spent £326 million online on clothing and footwear in April.
Since April 2000, when the index began monitoring online sales, more than £150 billion has been spent online in the UK.
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It is very interesting and important to compare high-street retailers with mail order companies. In the UK more than 1 in 10 books are now purchased online, that is over 10% of the actual market share.
John Lewis’ online sales now exceed total sales of it’s largest Oxford Street department store and many specialist mail order companies have expanded online revenues to exceed 25% of total turnover.
Littlewoods has ramped up its target for the proportion of business it wants to do online from 50 to 70 per cent, having achieved its original goal three years ahead of schedule.
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