Ecommerce Facts and Figures

	Ecommerce Facts and Figures

Internet retail in Britain for November 2003 was in excess of £1bn (Source IMRG e-retail sales index)

UK spending online in October 2003 was double the figure for the same period in 2002

Online clothing sales are running at around £600m a year.

In the UK 4% of total retails sales are made online

December 2003 - UK hits 3 million broadband mark (source Oftel)

43% of UK homes now have internet access

The Internet is not going to go away and the constant growth in eCommerce means online sales will account for an even larger proportion of total company turnover.

Online Shopping High on the List for Christmas 2003

Online shopping featured highly on the Christmas list of British Internet users, according to recent research conducted by NOP World. The Internet User Profile Survey found that 10.4 million adults purchased goods online in the run-up to Christmas 2003. This equates to 50% of all web users, and represents a year-on-year growth rate of 21%. Carl Geraghty, Associate Director at NOP World, comments: "All in all, 2003 was a very good year for British e-Commerce.