IMRG: Online retail is in 'hypergrowth'
News Interviewed at E-Commerce Expo, James Roper of the e-commerce trade body IMRG explains how online retail could weather an economic downturn.
[November 2, 2007, 16:00]
One pound in six now spent online
News The amount of money spent in the UK on internet shopping last year was more than 50 percent higher than the year before, the UK e-commerce industry body IMRG has announced. According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, released on Thursday...
[January 18, 2008, 14:56]
UK heading for a record e-Christmas
News The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) said on Wednesday that British e-commerce spending was up 40 percent year-on-year in October. IMRG predicts that 24 million UK citizens will spend a total of £5bn online between them.
[November 24, 2005, 16:40]
E-commerce booms in UK
News According to figures released on Friday by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), a total of 14.3 million British shoppers spent some £1bn at e-commerce sites in November -- the most ever spent online in one month in the UK.
[December 13, 2002, 16:45]
Christmas e-commerce boom beats expectations
News Although December e-commerce statistics will not be available until 15 January, Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) is confident that e-commerce activity over Christmas was significantly greater than forecast previously .
[January 2, 2007, 13:08]
E-tills ring out for Internet Shopping Day
News The event is organised by e-tail body IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group), and will be supported by high street staples such as Boots, Virgin and Debenhams and the charms of the event's frontwoman, Melinda Messenger.
[July 24, 2003, 16:14]
November sees record-breaking online sales
News According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, this amount equates to just under £90 per person in the UK. Online shoppers spent a record £5.4bn last month, underlining the steady growth in retailing via the internet over the holiday period.
[December 20, 2007, 14:44]
UK online Christmas shopping to top £13bn
News According to findings from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, UK shoppers will spend £13.16bn online in the last quarter of 2008 — a 15 percent year-on-year increase. While high-street shoppers are looking to trim back their Christmas...
[November 13, 2008, 6:30]
Online shopping reaches record high
News Web sales increased 75 percent year-on-year, amounting to the equivalent of £75 for every person in the UK, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. Online shopping jumped in January, with sales reaching a record high of £4.5bn in the...
[February 25, 2008, 8:00]
Online Christmas sales head for 10pc rise
News Although it is still growing, commentators have predicted online shopping is beginning to slow — a recent Capgemini IMRG e-Retail Sales Index report noted web sales grew by 54 percent in the last quarter of 2007 and just 15 percent in the...
[December 2, 2008, 9:27]
M&S tops High Street web ranking
Blog IMRG also turned up some startling examples of user-unfriendliness, from big names whose web strategy apparently involves driving customers away. Hats off to Marks and Spencer, which has scooped the title of the UK's most user-friendly Web site.
[November 24, 2006, 15:44]
Poor performance 'cost e-tailers £300m' over Christmas
News Bill Kirkwood, chief executive of Site Confidence, said that although UK businesses value the Internet as a sales channel, many have not yet addressed the problem of downtime: "A Web site that is down is akin to a high-street shop with closed...
[January 15, 2004, 16:25]
