The last 18 months have been tough for the retail industry as companies struggle to retain profit margins and customers. Now times are on the turn with the economy starting to improve once more, and the retail sector is already seeing the benefit of this.
Eurostat (the EU’s statistical office) announced that the UK recorded the biggest rise in retail sales in the EU in February 2010. Online shopping in the UK continues to show healthy growth and Forrester has predicted that, over the next five years, online retail will grow by a further 10%. So shoppers are returning to their previous spending habits and more money is being spent...download the white paper to read more.