The UK’s industry association for e-retailing.
IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) is a membership community, set up to develop and share the latest best practice advice to enable retailers to succeed in the world’s most competitive online market. IMRG is the recognised authoritative voice of e-retail, supporting and promoting online shopping and digital commerce since 1990.
- The UK is Europe’s leading e-retail economy, with sales estimated to have reached £68.2bn in 2011 [find out more]
- Global e-retail sales increased by almost 25% to €591bn in 2010 [find out more]
- The UK e-retail market is currently growing at 16% per annum, in spite of the recession [find out more]
- e-Retail now accounts for 17% of total retail sales in the UK [find out more]
- The UK’s per capita spend of €1333 per annum is the highest in the world [find out more]
- The digital commerce market provides employment for over 730,000 people in the UK [find out more]
- 32 million people shop online in the UK [find out more]
- More than one billion parcels are shipped from online purchases each year in the UK [find out more]
The IMRG site now features a fully interactive platform offering a wide range of insights into the performance of the global e-commerce market, constructed using the most up-to-date and reliable data available. The Knowledge Base enables IMRG members to access a wide range of datasets covering all the key areas that make up the online experience, both nationally and internationally. To find out more, please contact us HERE.