British Clothing Business Grew In November

On December 20th, the British Retail Industry Federation IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) made the November electricity supplier sales index report by making statistics on the sales data of more than 100 garment retailers. According to the report, the total retail sales of online apparel rose by 32% in November.

It is understood that this is the highest IMRG index in fourteen years from October to November. It rose by only 21% in the same month in 2013.

" Cyber Week "In the week of" black five ", the total sales of online clothing in the United Kingdom increased by 38% over the previous week. Tina Spooner, chief information officer of IMRG, said that the main reason for this growth is the consumer's trust in online shopping, and the large retailers' combination of increased electricity providers and multiple sales channels to provide consumers with more channels of purchase.

However, the report pointed out that online clothing sales in November this year. Unit Price It was 61 euros, down 7% from a year ago. In the month, the total retail price of online retail was 78 euros, down 3% year-on-year.

" Online clothing The decline in the unit price of the sales person indicates that the promotion of the celebration such as the "black five" campaign has a certain impact on the online clothing retail sales price. In addition, by comparing the year-on-year decline in the year-on-year price of online clothing sales and the year-on-year decline in the overall category of passenger prices, the discount power of clothing suppliers is much larger than that of other categories of e-commerce. Tina Spooner said.

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