UK consumers bought GBP8.2bn of goods online last year - up 28.9% on 2004, spending an extra GBP1.8bn online last year.
Online competition
25% of all UK shoppers buy goods over the internet, with the online shopping community growing by 25.5% to 14.6 million people between 2004 and 2005.
Online competition had a significant impact on some traditional stores, with UK retail sales growing by just 1.5% in 2005 - the slowest rate since the early 1960s.
Seasonal boom
One of the biggest growth sectors in online shopping is among the over-55s, spending an average of GBP458 per head, up 46.7%, while shoppers aged 35 to 44 are the biggest spenders, accounting for £3 in every GBP10 of retail sales.
Internet shopping among UK consumers soared almost 50% in the 10 weeks before Christmas, spending GBP4.98bn online during the period.
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