Consumer Technology

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 ›

EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDS TO SPEND €605 ON AVERAGE THIS CHRISTMAS

Published on November 9th, 2011 by PressUK

Almost 23% of all Christmas purchases will be made online, 11% of which will be on a mobile device 

European household budgets set to rise marginally this Christmas, with families forecast to spend €605 on average, an increase of 1.4% on last year[1]

This Christmas, European households are expected to spend on average €344 on gifts, €187 [...] View more ›

UK HOUSEHOLDS TO SPEND £682 ON AVERAGE THIS CHRISTMAS

Published on November 9th, 2011 by PressUK

More than 25% of all Christmas purchases will be made online, 12% of which will be on a mobile device

 UK household budgets set to rise marginally this Christmas, with families forecast to spend £682 on average, an increase of 1% on last year[1]
 
This Christmas, UK households are expected to spend on average £437 on gifts, [...] View more ›

CHRISTMAS RETAIL SALES SET TO RISE BY €4.3 BILLION (1.4%) IN EUROPE THIS YEAR

Published on October 27th, 2011 by PressUK

Internet sales are forecast to soar by 17.3% this year – a stark contrast to the anticipated 0.5% fall in offline sales 

Christmas retail sales 2011 are expected to grow at 1.4% to reach a total of €319.10bn compared to €314.80bn in 2010[2]
 
Despite relatively low growth overall, European online sales are predicted to grow by 17.3% [...] View more ›

CHRISTMAS RETAIL SALES IN THE UK SET TO RISE BY £680 MILLION (1%) THIS YEAR

Published on October 27th, 2011 by PressUK

Internet sales are forecast to soar by 16.3% this year – a stark contrast to the anticipated 2.1% fall in offline sales 

UK Christmas retail sales 2011 are expected to rise by £680 million (1%) to £69.09bn compared to 68.41bn in 2010  

Despite relatively low growth overall, UK online sales are predicted to grow by 16.3% or [...] View more ›

BLACKBERRY SERVICE ISSUES CAUSE SIX IN TEN CONSUMERS TO CONSIDER OPTING FOR iPHONE

Published on October 14th, 2011 by PressUK

As the iPhone 4S launches today, Kelkoo’s research reveals the iconic brand is set to benefit from Blackberry’s problems this week 

Following Blackberry’s service issues this week, nearly one in five (19%) existing users are thinking of moving manufacturer in the not too distant future, and 42% will think about it when they next change their [...] View more ›

KELKOO SEEKS TO REGAIN SECTOR TOP SPOT IN MAJOR BRAND AND BUSINESS OVERHAUL

Published on October 10th, 2011 by PressUK

Kelkoo re-launches travel and shopping websites in 13 markets
Monday 10th October 2011: Kelkoo, the shopping and travel comparison website, today reveals the result of a major brand and business overhaul across its ten European and three international markets. Following extensive consumer research and a site re-design which will be completed across all markets by [...] View more ›

ONLINE RETAILER VOTED UK’S BEST BRAND

Published on September 27th, 2011 by PressUK

Kelkoo’s ‘Best Retail Brand’ report reveals that online-only brand Amazon tops ‘Best Retail Brand’ league, beating iconic brands such as Tesco, Marks and Spencer and John Lewis to the top spot

Consumers vote Amazon the number one brand for 40% of all factors explored, making it the overall winner of Kelkoo’s ‘Best Retail Brand’ award [...] View more ›

KELKOO TRAVEL RELEASES HOTEL BETA WEBSITE PREVIEWING NEW LOOK AND FUNCTIONALITY

Published on September 21st, 2011 by PressUK

Foundation set for Kelkoo Travel’s European roll-out 
Tuesday 20th September 2011: Kelkoo Travel has developed and released its first version hotel beta website within just 16 weeks. The team has used an iterative process that forms the foundation upon which the entire travel site will be built. The preview pages highlight the new look and feel [...] View more ›