British households to spend £4,000 online this year

The average British household is set to spend some £4,000 online this year, according to new figures from Barclaycard. It was discovered that – on the 30th anniversary of online shopping – Brits are to spend more money than ever … Continued

Health and beauty industry reaping e-retail rewards in UK

Health and beauty retailers saw online sales surge in April, with customers put into the spending mood by the arrival of warmer weather, internetretailing.net reports. When compared to the same month in 2013, sales in the sector increased by 32 per cent … Continued

Wet weather in Britain drives increases in online spend

The notoriously fickle British weather can play a sizeable role in determining whether people do their shopping online or in store, internetretailing.net reports.    According to new figures from takeaway ordering platform Just Eat, the weather is responsible for huge fluctuations in … Continued