Archive for January, 2012

Set to spend £4.5 billion in 2012, Britons are the biggest mobile shoppers in Europe

Published on January 31st, 2012 by PressFR

Shopping on mobile devices is set to increase by 584% this year from just £0.7bn in 2010
•    Shopping on mobile devices is set to increase by 53% in the next 12 months hitting £4.5bn, making Brits the biggest mobile shoppers in Europe for the third year running followed by Germany (£2.7bn) and France (£1.9bn)
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Mobile shopping across Europe has grown by 510% in just two years

Published on January 31st, 2012 by PressFR

European online shoppers are expected to spend €14.6bn on mobile devices in 2012, up from €2.4bn in 2010
•    Shopping using mobile devices in Europe is set to increase by 62% in the next 12 months alone hitting €14.6bn. The biggest hikes will be in Switzerland (111%), Spain (73%) and France (71%)
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Kelkoo Travel Launches Flight Website

Published on January 23rd, 2012 by PressUK

The second phase of its site redevelopment following release of hotel pages

Monday 23rd January 2011: The second phase of Kelkoo Travel’s relaunch has been unveiled with the release of its flight website in the UK, which comes within just four months after the introduction of its hotel pages. The new-look flight site offers an easy-to-use [...] View more ›

EU Online Spending To Grow By 16% To €232.76bn In 2012

Published on January 19th, 2012 by PressUK

TOTAL RETAIL SALES TO RISE BY JUST 1.8% OVER THE SAME PERIOD
Online retailing is one of the fastest growing markets in Europe. Worth €120bn in 2008, it grew by 67% to €200.52bn last year [1]. In 2011 e-commerce sales continued to perform strongly, increasing by 18% year-on-year and representing 7.8% of total retail sales across [...] View more ›

UK Tops European Online League, Spending £50bn In 2011

Published on January 19th, 2012 by PressUK

British spend represents almost a third of all online goods sold in Europe[1]
Online retailing is one of the fastest growing markets in the UK. Worth £33.96bn in 2008, it grew by 48% to £50.34bn last year [1]. In 2011 e-commerce sales continued to perform strongly, increasing by 14% year-on-year and representing 12% of total UK [...] View more ›