Online Sales rise to £6.5 Billion in July

The latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index shows Online Sales have risen by their fastest rate this July.

With ever more people buying fashion accessories and electronic goods online the sales in July increased by 17% to £6.5 billion. Also sales made over mobile devices i.e. Iphone, Ipad etc rose more than four times over last years figures.

Thw weakest sales were clothing and footwear which were down nearly 9%, followed by health and beauty products which were 4 % lower. Interestingly enough gifts were up nearly 18%!

The Online only store such as Amazon outperformed the online "stores" of traditional retailers for the 7th month in a row, with growth at a rate o 19.5 per cent.