Online Retail Spending continues to climb ... but site visitors fall:
Figures released from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index indicate that the UK's online spending in September'08 approached £5 billion, over £80 for every person in the UK. Intenret spending is 14.8% higher than a year ago.
However Hitwise traffic figures released indicated that the number of visitors to retail sites was 0.5% lower in October'08 than a year ago. Perhaps this suggests a trend towards internet shoppers spending less time browsing different sites as they become more familiar with the sites they use.
