Posted by Andy K on April 2nd, 2008
Women, and in particular mums are becoming the majority force online.
Online social networking and shopping online are becoming a part of mothers’ daily routine. According to a US survey by Experian in December 2007, 47% of mothers use the internet more since having a baby and only 16% use it less. In addition, 68% of …
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Posted by Andy K on March 17th, 2008
Despite the doom and gloom in world stock markets and difficult trading conditions on the high street, not to mention one of the ‘greyest’ Budgets on record, internet shopping continues to be a growth area for businesses.
Those who collect the stats tell us that on average 37 million people a month go online in the …
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Posted by Matt O on January 29th, 2008
Well, the predictions came true: the recent festive period saw online sales outperform the high street by eight to one, and all this in what has been described as the worst Christmas for retailers in the past decade. There was a 20% increase in online sales during the run-up to Christmas compared with the same …
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Posted by Elaine on December 22nd, 2007
APACS, the UK payments association, have released figures showing that there are now nearly 30 million people shopping online - an increase of over 100% since 2002.
Christmas is traditionally a busy time for the high street shops but this year we Britons are expected to spend more than £5 billion at online stores during December! …
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