Verdict Research

“Online retail purchases are set to rise in 2009 by 13.3 per cent to £20.9bn.”

“overall retail growth is expected to contract by 0.6 per cent”

“there was a one per cent increase in internet users, to 34.4m”

“an 18.1 per cent increase in online shoppers to 26.7m”

“Each of these individuals spent an average of 5.8 per cent more compared to 2007.”