Online Retail Sees First Growth in Over Three Years – September Could Mark a Turning Point
Online retail grew by +3.2% Year-on-Year in September 2024, the first growth since April 2021 The first two weeks of…
Ecommerce: The Marketplace of Tomorrow
The UK has the most advanced ecommerce market in Europe, and the third largest in the world, after China and…
January A Contender For Weakest-Ever Ecommerce Month
Reasonable trade over peak seems to have dented demand at start of year For the payday week, sales fell -9.4%…
Black Friday Week Surge Required After Poor Start To Peak Trading
Online Retailers are Showing Heavy Reliance on Black Friday Week Retailers pulled forward their Black Friday-branded campaigns this year,…
Gifting retailers set for tough Christmas trading
The online gifts category is down -12.5% YoY so far in 2023 Over Black Friday week, IMRG anticipates a…
Ecommerce Growth Declines For 26th Month In A Row
In June 2023, UK online retail sales reported a -1.2% Year-on-Year (YoY) decline Month-on-Month (MoM) the total market increased…
Online Retail On Path Toward Growth After Two Years Of Declines
In May 2023, UK online retail sales reported a -1.2% Year-on-Year decline Month-on-Month, the total market increased +2.4% from…
Two Years Of Declining Growth For Online Retail
In April 2023, UK online retail sales reported a -3.5% Year-on-Year decline Month-on-Month, the total market increased +1.6% from…
Mother’s Day A Marginal Success Online
In March 2023, UK online retail saw a -2.2.% Year-on-Year decline in revenue, against the -26% decline reported in…
Online Retail Sales Continue To Be Suppressed In February
In February 2023, UK online retail saw a -4.1% Year-on-Year decline in revenue There was a -7.8% decline in…
Online Retail Analysis: Did The Pandemic Actually Happen?
Measured against 2019, online growth has been very modest in 2023 so far Clothing meanwhile, which missed the pandemic…
January eCommerce Sales: Another Difficult Year For Online Retail?
In January 2023, ecommerce sales were down -2.2% Year-on-Year (YoY), that is against a massive decline of -22.5% in…
December Collapse Completes Online Retail’s Lowest Ever Growth
UK online retail sales fell -10.5% Year-on-Year (YoY) in 2022, a record low for growth December online sales were…
October Online Growth Remains Negative After A Tough Summer
UK online retail sales were down -3.4% Year-on-Year (YoY) in October, compared to already negative growth in October 2021…
Women’s Euro Win & Summer Heat Wave Reduce Online Retail Sales Decline in July
UK online retail sales were down just -2.3% Year-on-Year (YoY) in July This represents the joint lowest-decline the Index…
June online retail growth remains negative, but freefall eases slightly
UK online sales were down -2.3% Year-on-Year (YoY) in June This represents the highest result the Index has seen…
44% of Customers Have Filed a Chargeback in the Last Year
The cost of living crisis will only put more strain on retailers’ obligation to refund 44% of 1,000 UK…
Online Retail Growth in Freefall in May
UK online retail sales reported a -8.7% Year-on-Year (YoY) decrease in May 2022 Month-on-Month (MoM), the industry’s performance decreased…
April’s Results Suggest Online Retail Boom is Over
Online retail sales growth for April fell to -12%, a significant improvement from -25.7% the month before, but nowhere…
March Online Sales Results Suggest Customer Behaviour is Becoming Increasingly Unpredictable
Online retail sales growth came in at -25.5% Year-on-Year (YoY) in March, a slight rise on February’s -26.5% At…
February Shows Signs of Return to Normal Online Retail Spending Patterns
Online retail sales growth dropped to -27% Year-on-Year (YoY) in February vs. January’s -24.4% The result fell well below…
January Online Retail Growth Lowest Ever
January saw the lowest rate of online retail growth ever recorded at -24.4%; this growth falls well below the…
Online’s Worst Ever Year For Growth Was Actually Rather Good
At +2.7%, 2021 was online retail’s lowest ever rate of growth However, when indexed against 2019 instead of 2020,…
Online Black Friday Sales Struggle To Match Last Year’s Lockdown High
LONDON UK – 30 November 2021: With no lockdown yet enacted this autumn, online retail sales for Black Friday were…
No Signs Of Early Christmas Spend As Online Sales Continue To Underperform In October
Online retail sales fell by -11.2% Year-on-Year (YoY) last month – only a slight rise on September’s -12.5% October’s…
How Did The Pandemic Change Black Friday?
Online sales growth expected to be negative, possibly as much as -10% Campaigns could start even earlier than in…
Online Retail Results Suggest Consumers Are Browsing, Not Buying, As September Sales Continue To Be Subdued
Online retail sales fell by -12.5% Year-on-Year (YoY) last month – a further drop on August’s -9.3% September’s result came…
Online Retail Maintains Strong Start to the Year as February Sales Remain High
Though not quite at January’s record-breaking levels, online retail sales in February continued to show strong growth, climbing by +69.5% Year-on-Year (YoY).
IMRG comment on potential government proposals for an online sales tax
In response to the possible announcement of taxes on online sales and deliveries in Wednesday’s budget, Justin Opie, managing director, and Andy Mulcahy, strategy and insight director, IMRG, make the following comment.
UK cross-border ecommerce sales rise by 57% in 2020, reveals new data from IMRG and Global-e
The data reveals that peak holiday trading in November 2020 from the UK internationally was 42% higher than the same time last year.
Strong December Caps Standout 2020 as Online Sales Growth Hits 13-Year High
Following November’s staggering performance, online retail sales growth in December remained high at +37% Year-on-Year (YoY).
Lockdown 2.0 and Black Friday Trigger Highest November Online Sales Growth Since 2007
Online retail sales growth in November soared to +39% Year-on-Year (YoY). This was building on +20% growth in November 2019, a year-high-rate for 2019
Black Friday sales strong online…now comes the delivery test
Online retail sales growth on Black Friday was very strong this year, coming in at +38%, with the full Black Friday week (defined as an eight-day period, Mon 23 – Mon 30 November) seeing growth of +30%. That figure is based on the daily online sales performance of 102 UK retailers.
First week of November sees huge uplift in online sales
Online sales were up +61% in first week of November, the strongest year-on-year growth since June
Online Sales Accelerate Again, Abruptly Ending the Gentle Return to Normal
Overall online retail sales growth in October was a modest +35.7% Year-on-Year (YoY), compared to last month’s +42%
Retailers braced for huge online growth during Black Friday
With non-essential stores now closed until December, IMRG are forecasting online retail sales growth in the range of +35-45% during the Black Friday peak trading period (23-30 November).
Online Sales Growth Begins to Normalise Despite Reimposed Restrictions
As the early summer surge evens out, the YoY increase dipped slightly below the 6- and 3-month averages of +44.87% and 43.77% respectively but was still well above the 12-month average of +25.75
Online Sales Growth Still Strong but Shows Signs of Slow Down
Online sales growth was up + 43.5% Year-on-Year (YoY) in August, however sales were down again -4.1% Month-on-Month (MoM).
Strongest Ever Online Growth for Store Retailers as High Street Re-Opens
Online retail sales growth continued to soar by +41.3% Year-on-Year (YoY) during the week commencing June 14 (the week non-essential stores reopened)
Online Retail Sales Reach Twelve-Year High as E-Commerce Underpins the ‘New Normal’
Online retail sales growth was up an astonishing +32.7% Year-on-Year (YoY) in May, the highest annual result since March 2008
Online Retail Sales Soar to Ten-Year High as COVID-19 Redefines Shopping Behaviours
Online retail sales growth was up a staggering +23.8% Year-on-Year (YoY) in April, as high streets across the country remain deserted
First Month Under Lockdown Sends Online Clothing Sales Spiralling
In a month where Spring buying would typically set in, online clothing sales were down -23.1% Year-on-Year (YoY), according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers.
Online sales flat leading into Coronavirus crisis hitting UK
Following a very slow start to the year, the UK’s string of winter storms failed to stimulate online demand as online sales growth for the month limped in at -0.4% Year-on-Year (YoY).
Solid December Continues Late Boost to Dismal Year for Online Retail
UK online retail sales growth spiked unexpectedly to +9.4% Year-on-Year (YoY) in December, bringing 2019 to a positive close with a surprisingly strong Christmas trading period, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers.
Online sales soar in November to record the highest growth of the year
Despite forecasts of poor turnouts and a number of retailer boycotts, November’s annual discount days set online sales soaring last month, with a growth rate of +16.4% Year-on-Year (YoY).
