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‘Black November’ gets off to slow start for e-commerce, research shows
Online sales drop in the first two weeks of ‘Black November’ peak trading: -5.9% YoY and -3.9% YoY respectively Black Friday date shift (29th Nov 2024 vs 24th Nov 2023) complicates Year-on-Year comparisons Payday alignment could boost Black Friday sales later this month ‘Fake Friday’ confusion may trigger flurry of activity this Friday Health &…
Ecommerce sales fall in January, claims IMRG
2024 has got off to a very slow start for ecommerce sales, with online revenue falling -7% Year-on-Year (YoY) in January against a decline of -3.5% last year, according to the IMRG Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales of over 200 retailers. While that is not the sharpest rate of decline in the…
Online retail on growth path after two years of decline
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 April Overall orders experienced growth (+2.1%) for the first time since peak season trading Clothing saw revenue growth in the final week of May after 12 weeks of declines Bank holidays and communal celebrations were major…
UK’s March online sales helped by Mother’s Day – but slide continues
In March 2023, UK online retail saw a -2.2.% Year-on-Year decline in revenue, against the -26% decline reported in 2022 There was a +9.4% Month-on-Month increase in revenue from February In the week leading up to Mother's Day (w/c 12th Mar), there was a +2.3% Week-on-Week increase in revenue For the first time in 23…
Online retail sales continue to fall 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 Month-on-Month growth from January February welcomed the first Week-on-Week total market revenue growth of 2023 at +1.4% (for w/c 19th Feb) IMRG reveals two new online retail categories in their index January blues seeped into February,…
Online sales growth returns to pre-pandemic levels
New analysis from IMRG has revealed that, for all the tumult of the past few years, online sales have actually grown by a similar amount that might have been expected if there was no pandemic. This analysis is drawn from the IMRG Online Retail Index, which tracks online sales for 200 retailers on a sample…
Online sales see sharp decline in January, claims IMRG
In January 2023, ecommerce sales were down -2.2% Year-on-Year (YoY), that is against a massive decline of -22.5% in January 2022 Month-on-Month (MoM), January declined -28.7% relative to December. This MoM decline is sharper than typical for this time of year Traffic to online retail sites was down -5.2% YoY, against -7.7% in January 2022…
June online retail growth remains negative, says IMRG Capgemini
After May’s freefall, online retail sales growth dipped just -2.3% Year-on-Year (YoY) in June 2022. That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks online sales for 200 retailers. Whilst this is the highest growth has been to date in 2022, it is being compared against a result of -8.6% in June…
Online retail sales fall back in September, claims IMRG index
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 in well below the 12-month average of 17.13% but was also beaten by the 3-month (-10.06%) and 6-month (-6.83%) averages Month-on-Month performance (+2.1%) rose for the first time since the high street reopened but failed…
Online retail sales fall slows down, claims IMRG study
After recording the steepest drops in the history of the Index for two months in a row, the fall in online retail sales appears to be slowing – down just 9.6% Year-on-Year (YoY) in July. That is according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200…
