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Most Online Purchases 'Still Reliant On Physical Stores', Study Finds

The growth in e-commerce during the COVID-19 lockdown period owes a lot to the physical retail channel, which saw click-and-collect orders soar, a new stud...

Amazon To Hire 100,000 More Workers In The US This Year

Amazon.com has said it is recruiting 100,000 more workers - the fourth hiring spree it has announced for the United States this year - to keep pace with e-...

Russia's Ozon Sees Gross Merchandise Value Surge During Second Quarter

Russian online retailer Ozon said that its gross merchandise value (GMV) increased by 188% in the second quarter of its financial year, boosted by the shif...

Naked Wines Reaps Benefits Of Pandemic-Driven Deliveries Boom

Online wine seller Naked Wines said that it expects total sales in July to rise 73% from a year earlier and that it has seen continued strong rates of new...

Online Sales Surge To 14% Of UK Grocery Market: Nielsen

Online now accounts for 14% of total grocery market spend in the UK, according to data from Nielsen. In the four-week period to 11 July, online sales gr...

Serbia Sees 48% Growth In Online Shopping In Q1

Serbia has seen the e-commerce channel grow by 48% in the first quarter of the year, with 3.98 million transactions recorded in the period. The Vice Gov...

One Quarter Of D2C Brands Hit New Heights During COVID-19 Crisis, Study Finds

Just one quarter (24%) of 'direct to consumer' (D2C) brands posted stronger monthly visits during the COVID-19 crisis, compared to their 2019 peak, a new s...

Online Sales Account For 13% Of All UK Grocery Spend: Nielsen

Online grocery sales accounted for 13% of all UK grocery spend in the four weeks to 16 May, according to Nielsen data. This is almost double the level r...