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shop online and the consumers’ favorite item to buy online were clothes and sports goods. According to the 2020 results of an annual interview conducted by the Office for National Statistics, 32 percent of individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) purchased deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains or catering services. Services and products least popular with online consumers were bicycles, mopeds, cars or other spare parts, which only less than 10 percent of households choose to purchase online.
Retail shopping online
In the UK’s highly mature e-commerce market, one prominent sector where online flourishes is retail. As of 2018, online accounted for more than 20 percent of all retail industry sales in the United Kingdom. Clothing and footwear items proved their popularity with consumers yet again and displayed the highest growth in online sales as recently as June 2019.
In the UK, 55 percent of the population Retail shopping online
In the UK’s highly mature e-commerce market, one prominent sector where online flourishes is retail. As of 2018, online accounted for more than 20 percent of all retail industry sales in the United Kingdom. Clothing and footwear items proved their popularity with consumers yet again and displayed the highest growth in online sales as recently as June 2019.
Goods and services ranked by share of individuals who purchased online in Great Britain in 2020
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Goods and services ranked by share of individuals who purchased online in Great Britain in 2020 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275973/types-of-goods-purchased-online-in-great-britain/