E-commerce showing strong growth

Solid Growth Continues for UK E-Commerce Sales

Jim Riley

20th November 2015

The ONS has just released its latest statistical bulletin on retail sales and reported continued growth in online sales.
The headline changes from the ONS are:
  • Average weekly spending online in October 2015 was £839.1 million; this was an increase of 11.2% compared with October 2014
  • The amount spent online accounted for 12.8% of all retail spending, excluding automotive fuel, compared with 11.6% in October 2014
The summary table for the October 2015 data is shown below:
Taking all retail activities as a whole, e-commerce now accounts for 12.8% of sales.
However, that percentage varies somewhat when you look at particular retail segments.
For example, online sales in the UK food sector (including groceries) are still relatively low at 4.3%. That might start to increase more significantly following the entrance of Amazon into UK food sales and Aldi's decision to start an e-commerce facility.

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