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| | | | 25/04/2014 | Internet Retailing, Chloe Rigby - Online sales grow by 7.1% in March: ONS | | | | | ONS figures show online sales up by 7.1% in March | | | | | Internet Retailing reports that according to the Office for National Statistics' March 2014 report, online sales in the UK grew by 7.1% in March, compared to the same time last year.
Ecommerce sales were also up by 1.4% compared to the previous month, February 2014, with an average of £680.3m spent each week, accounting for 10.7% of all retail spending.
Online spending was strongest in department stores, where ecommerce growth was up by 22.2%, and 9.2% of all sales took place online. It was weakest in household goods shops, where ecommerce spending fell by 8.2% and accounted for 5.7% of all sales. Online spending in textile, clothing and footwear stores rose by 4.4% and accounted for 10.5% of all sales. There was also fast growth in food, where internet shopping rose by 13.6%, but still only accounted for 3.7% of all spending. |
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