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IMRG in the press

As a neutral industry association working closely with the online retail industry, IMRG is widely cited in global media throughout the year - offering an independent voice on a range of eCommerce topics including shopping trends, mobile performance, logistics and the Black Friday period.

Contact us to request an interview - press@imrg.org /  +44(0) 203 696 0980.

Online

September 2017

• CityAM - Online retail growth hits its strongest level of 2017 so far in August
• Business Advice - Online retail sales hit year-high growth as home improvement sector booms
• Business Matters - August online retail growth strongest of 2017 so far
• Cabinet Maker - Home delivers strong month as online retail sales grow
• Fashion Network - UK August e-tail surge is good news for fashion says IMRG Capgemini
• Internet Retailing - UK online sales grew by 16% in bumper August: IMRG
• Internet Retailing - How leading retailers are approaching uncertain times
• Just Style - UK online clothing sales hit record high in August
• Lingerie Insight - Online retailers witness highly encouraging sales growth in August
• Retail Systems - August marks strongest online retail growth in 2017
• Watch Pro - Online retail sales growth accelerates in August

June 2017

• CityAM - Online retail sales slowed in the key May trading period on political uncertainty and rising inflation
• Evening Express - Online Retail Sales Suffer as Election Fears and Rising Inflation Hit Spending
• Fashion Network - UK fashion e-sales growth hits new low in May
• Internet Retailing - Online sales grew at their slowest in May for almost two years
• Retail Times - Summer wardrobes go unsorted following record low growth for online clothing sales in May
• Retail Gazette - Election and inflation jitters cause dramatic slowdown in online retail sales

April 2017

• CityAM - UK online sales were up in March thanks to Mother's day gift-buying and gardening
• Professional Jeweller - Consumer confidence in mobile shopping reaches new heights
• Cabinet Maker - Home online sales grow in March
• Post & Parcel - UK online retail sales up 13%
• Mobile Marketing - Online Sales Continue to grow as a result of increasing mobile retail spend

March 2017

• CityAM - Online retail sales maintains double-digit growth
• Retail Week - Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Shoe Zone, online sales and more
• Drapers - Smartphone retail sales growth slows in February
• Internet Retailing - Online retail sales up 15%, but growth through mobile slowing
• Retail Gazette - Online sales continues to grow...
• Internet Retailing - Online sales grew by 15% in February
• Retail Systems - Online retail sales up but smartphone sales slow
• Perfect Pearl - Online retail sales up 15%, but growth through mobile slowing
• Post & Parcel - UK online retail sales up 15% in February
• Lingerie Insight - Online retail sales up 15%, but growth through smartphones halves
• The Industry - Online retail sales up 15% but smartphone growth slows
• Tech Digest - Online retail sales up 15%, but growth through smartphones slowing
• The Paypers - Ecommerce increases with 15% in UK

February 2017

• Retail Week - Highest average spend in January for seven years
• Retail Gazette - Online retail sales begins 2017 with "steady" growth
• Retail Times - Highest average January spend for online retail in seven years
• Financial Times - UK parcels market nears £10bn in annual turnover
• Retail Systems - Highest January online retail spend in seven years
• Post & Parcel - UK sees highest January online retail sales in seven years

January 2017

• The Telegraph - Smartphone shoppers boost online spending to £133bn
• City AM - Shoppers spent £133bn online last year, but the internet is hitting margins
• Internet Retailing - Shoppers spent £130bn online in 2016 – 16% up on the previous year
• Internet Retailing - Boost in mobile commerce drives ecommerce growth in 2016 with more to come this year
• Retail Week - UK online retail sales
• Drapers - Online sales top £133bn as shoppers go mobile
• Econsultancy - UK online retail sales hit £133bn in 2016
• Retail Gazette - Online retail sales smashes records in 2016
• Computer Weekly - Smartphone screen size linked to e-commerce sales uplift
• Computer Weekly MicroScope - Smartphones and speed changing the demands on retailers
• V3 - Online retail sales hit £133bn in 2016 after bumper Christmas
• Retail Systems - 2016’s online sales growth beats expectations
• Perfect Pearl Solutions - Shoppers spent £130bn online in 2016 – 16% up on the previous year

2016 & Older

• City AM - Heavy Black Friday discounting drove the basket value of online electrical purchases to its lowest value ever
• Retail Gazette - Online shoppers were up in November, but basket value declined
• Internet Retailing - Black Friday helps ecommerce to a record November
• Retail Times - Black Friday discounting sees lowest ever basket value for electricals
• Retail Systems - E-retailers see record low average basket values
• BBC - Black Friday 'online sales rise by 12% from last year'
• The Guardian - Amazon and eBay sellers' VAT fraud rife despite crackdown
• BBC - Black Friday bonanza ahead of new year price hikes
• BBC - Black Friday: How does it compare with other shopping bonanzas?
• The Guardian - Britons expected to spend £1.3bn on Black Friday bargains
• The Scotsman - Stay at home if you want to find good deals this Black Friday
• The Economist - Britons do more of their shopping online than almost anyone else
• The Guardian - UK retail sales surge due to colder weather and Halloween
• Retail Week - Black Friday etail spend set to soar driven by mobile
• Internet Retailing - £6bn Black Friday bonanza predicted – but not for stores
• Bloomberg - U.K.’s Black Friday Deals Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be
• Retail Week - Warm weather gives online sales a boost in August
• Internet Retailing - Online sales grow by 16% in August: IMRG
• Retail Gazette - August online sales soar by 16%
• Retail Times - August heatwave and consumer confidence boosts online sales, IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index shows
• Retail Week - Online retail sales soar as Brexit uncertainty fails to dampen fashion sales
• Business Quarter - Online sales jump despite Brexit fears
• GQ - Online sales jump despite Brexit sparking consumer confidence fears
• The Guardian - Slowdown in UK internet sales may signal online shopping peak
• The Guardian - Delivery drivers face prospect of record-breaking number of Christmas parcels
• Reuters - UK Black Friday online spend jumps 36 percent to 1.1 billion pounds - Experian-IMRG
• The Guardian - Cyber Monday builds on Black Friday online shopping spree
• The Guardian - Four-day shopping spree promises £3bn sales record for UK retailers
• The Guardian - Black Friday: latest news and the best deals - as it happened
• The Guardian - How can small businesses prepare for Cyber Monday?
• Daily Mail - UK Black Friday online spend jumps 36 pct to $1.7 bln -Experian-IMRG
• The Telegraph - Cyber Monday unlikely to surpass Black Friday, the UK's first £1bn online shopping day
• BBC - Analysis: Black Friday, it's not over
• BBC - Black Friday: online spending surge in UK and US
• BBC - Black Friday: Amazon reports record UK sales
• The Guardian - Black Friday: five lessons for UK retailers
• The Telegraph - 70pc of shoppers turn to Aldi and Lidl for Christmas groceries

Nationals

City AM, September 2017

The Sun, September 2017

The i News, June 2017

Metro, June 2017

City AM, March 2017

BBC News, February 2017

The Telegraph, January 2017

City AM, January 2017

The Mirror, January 2017

City AM, December 2016

The i News, December 2016

The Sun, September 2016

City AM, August 2016

The Sun, August 2016

The Mirror, August 2016

The Mail on Sunday, August 2016

The Sun , July 2016

The Sun , June 2016

The Sun City, March 2016

The Times, March 2016

The Telegraph, March 2016

The Sun City, February 2016

City AM, December 2015

BBC News, November 2015

BBC News, November 2015

The Telegraph, November 2015

The Metro, November 2015

Various Publications, 2015

Broadcast

Radio

Share Radio, November 2016

BBC Radio 4, May 2016

BBC Radio 4, May 2016

Radio 5 Live, November 2015