Online shopping boosted by World Cup

It seems that in May online shopping reached £4.5 billion or the equivalent of £73 person for every person in the UK.

According to the retail sales experts IMRG Capgemini, online shopping is 22 per cent higher than the same period last year and up 3 per cent on the previous month, April.

It seems that although the World Cup has no direct link to this increase in sales, there has been a huge demand for World Cup related goods from online sales.

Clothing seems to have made up the bulk of sales, with alcohol and electrical goods following up but not that far behind.

Next month’s figures will be able to show exactly how the World Cup has affected online sales.