Monday, 18 August 2008

High street retailers winning online shopping battle

Retailers who operate other channels are pulling ahead of "pure play" internet only wesbites, says Hitwise.

Online retail share
Summarises Robing Goad: "High street retailers are pulling ahead of their online only counterparts when it comes to online shopping in the UK. As the chart below illustrates, the internet properties of the 100 largest online high street retailers in the UK, such as Argos, Next, and Marks and Spencer, received 19.3% more UK Internet visits during July 2008 than the 100 largest online only retailers, such as Amazon, Play.com and ASOS."

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