< p > according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index report of IMRG, in March 2013, despite the unusual snowfall and cold winter, online retail sales in the UK increased by 16% compared with the same period last year, mainly from the a target= "_blank" href= "_blank" > clothing category "sales". < /p >
< p > IMRG the Kai Jie retail sales index was put into operation in April 2000, mainly used to track online sales. The index includes Arcadia group, Waitrose and more than 100 retailers. IMRG predicts that online sales in 2013 will be 87 billion pounds, up 12% compared with 2012, indicating that customers' sales habits have changed. < /p >
In the same period, because of the severe cold of March, the sales of shop entities in UK shops grew by only 1.9% compared with the same period last year, showing that British guests choose warm living rooms instead of cold shopping streets to enjoy P shopping. < /p >
Chris Webster, retail consultant and technology director of Kai Jie (Capgemini), pointed out that the retail market is facing various challenges, such as weather, but online sales show strong resilience. P Retail businesses sometimes grow slowly, but in general, the growth of online retail and mobile device sales is irresistible. < /p >
< p > this electronic retail association originally predicted that the growth in March was about 12%, and that the sales of clothing category alone grew by 15%, so the overall increase was 16% over the same period last year, much higher than expected. < /p >
Sales of mobile devices, including P, including tablets and smart phones, continued to grow rapidly in February this year, a jump of 243% over the same period last year. However, the average purchase rate reached 2.3% in February and only 1.8% in March. IMRG believes that this shows that consumers can do homework in addition to using retail websites. < /p >