Online UK shoppers spend £100bn
Updated on 18 May 2007
Total online spending by British shoppers has hit £100 billion, research shows.
This figure dates back to April 1995 when e-retail first launched, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG).
Britons spent £3.465 billion online last month - up 55% year-on-year.
This annual increase was the largest recorded since December 2003.
IMRG managing director Jo Evans described the £100 billion total online spend as an "astonishing landmark".
"It's been obvious for a couple of decades that a secure, networked consumer marketplace would arrive and be popular, but actually witnessing its profound success and meteoric growth still takes my breath away," she said.
John Lewis reported 44.9% growth in online sales for this year so far compared with the same period in 2006.
The UK's first secure online shopping transaction was a book bought from WHSmith in April 1995, according to the IMRG.
Britain's online spending is monitored by the IMRG - the industry body set up in 1990 to represent e-retailers.
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