COVID-19 to add £5.3bn to UK ecommerce in 2020
LONDON, June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The surge in online shopping caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add 5.3bn to UK ecommerce sales this year to make a total of 78.9bn.
- LONDON, June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The surge in online shopping caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add 5.3bn to UK ecommerce sales this year to make a total of 78.9bn.
- This is followed by Sainsbury's, which will add an extra 0.6bn in sales to reach 31bn (from 30bn) by the end of 2020.
- Pharmacies and health retailers: Health stores will see a significant boost, up from initial predictions of -4.6% to a growth of 4.0% in 2020.
- All figures come from Edge by Ascential Retail Insight 2020 and reflect the UK market only.