Monthly Review

The IMRG Monthly Review is a compilation of news and industry updates from the UK, Europe and around the World. Highlighting headline information of key developments, the review provides the busy executive with a convenient and comprehensive reference resource of news from the online industry.

• October 2009
  77% of IMRG members polled believe strikes by Royal Mail workers will discourage consumers from shopping online in the run-up to Christmas. Amazon has started selling its Kindle e-reader to more than 100 countries, including the UK. Tesco has launched an online clothing store offering a range of 3,500 product lines from 20 brands. Facebook is now the most viewed web site in the UK. Fraudulent losses from telephone, internet and mail order shopping have fallen for the first time ever. YouTube now attracts more than one billion video views a day worldwide.
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• September 2009
  16.5m UK homes now have a broadband connection, accounting for 63% of UK households. Orange and T-Mobile UK have announced they will merge to form the UK’s biggest mobile operator with 28.4 million customers. Searches for online discount vouchers have grown 48% in the past year. Just 3.8% of UK consumers shop online for groceries on a weekly basis. One in eight Brits have fallen victim to identity fraud. Facebook has broken the 300m user mark.
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