IMRG Capgemini Sales Index - August 2016

Reporting July 2016 Performance

UK e-retail sales grew 18.7% year-on-year in July - the strongest performance since November 2014
Month-on-month performance remained flat from the previous month (-0.4%)
Strong performance driven by apparel sector, with all sub-sectors in this category outperforming total market growth
For the first time since June last year, high st / multichannel retailers outperformed the online-only / catalogue merchants in terms of year-on-year growth
Britons spent an estimated £10.7 billion shopping online during July, resulting in total estimated spend YTD in 1016 reaching £70.2 billion