Click here to spend £56bn
Published: 2 March 2009 14:33 GMT
Brits' love affair with online shopping is set to continue despite the economic gloom.
The UK's ecommerce market is the largest and most mature in Europe, according to a new report by Forrester Research, which says more than half of Brits shop online today - some 28 million people. By 2014, the analyst expects the figure to be 37 million individuals, spending close to £56bn annually.
The report predicts UK ecommerce will grow "a healthy" six per cent per year over the next six years. According to Forrester, Brits spend more cash on the web than Europeans or Americans, with UK consumers having an estimated annual e-spend of £1,312 each.
Books, DVDs and leisure travel are the most common online purchases in the UK, the report reveals.
With a portfolio consisting of some of Europe's highly sort after shopping centres, it's important that the right person is appointed in order to ...
Recruitment Services Significant six figure package to attract the bestStock options upon progressionLocation ? Ideally the successful candidate will ...
Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location Project Manager - WebSphere - Ecommerce Contract Project Manager required by blue chip ...
Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.
Stories from the web...
Copyright © 2008 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Top of page
Digg
Slashdot
Del.icio.us
Stumble
Reddit
RSS Feeds
Petra Papinniemi
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
No wonder no one's buying...
Matthew Cushen
E-tailers: Be choosy overseas
Markets are not always what they seem
Tim Ferguson
'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'
Q&A: Erik Huggers, director, BBC's Future, Media and Technology
Kit Burden
Legal Eye: Tech could brighten retailers' gloom
Regulation and recession loom
Matthew Cushen
Retailers: Look to emerging markets
Comment: Massive opportunities if you get the IT right
Julian Goldsmith
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
IT director Tony Johnson on the retailer's changing web strategy