15 Amazing statistics from Internet Retailing 2012

POctober 9, 2012

Fe-commerce

Internet Retailing 2012 brought together a combination of industry leaders, thinkers, strategists and commentators. The focus was around the responsibilities of leadership and how e-commerce is pushing forward changes in the retail industry, both online and offline.

Below are 15 great facts that were shared by speakers at the conference:

  1. 20% of all Domino’s Pizza orders made on Sundays come from iPads – Paul Francis, Domino’s Pizza
  2. Scandinavia based fashion retailer, Nelly.com have gone from 0 to £70 million in 4 years – Jarno Vanhatapio, Nelly.com
  3. YouTube is second biggest search engine in the world (after Google) – Martin Gill, Forrester
  4. 69% of shoppers start at Google – Martin Gill, Forrester
  5. 60% of Tesco shoppers have a smartphone, 7% higher than the UK average – Mark Cody, Tesco.com
  6. 96% of the UK population live within ten miles of an Argos store – perfect scenario for click-and-collect services – Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Argos
  7. 50% of Argos reservations collected within 4 hours – Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Argos
  8. 35 million smartphones in the UK, gives you 35 million new shop fronts across the UK – Andrew Harrison, Carphone Warehouse
  9. Tesco will have free Wi-Fi in all stores by October 2012. Unlimited access for clubcard holders – Mark Cody, Tesco.com
  10. 70% of all the Carphone Warehouse customers’ retail journeys start online – Andrew Morrison, Carphone Warehouse
  11. 30 second tennis ball purchase test…amazon 27 seconds and £8, leading sports shop…13 minutes 7 seconds and £11.99 – Ian Jindal, Internet Retailing
  12. Shop Direct targeting 50% of online sales to come from mobile by 2015 – Jonathan Wall, Shop Direct Group
  13. Buy & Collect accounts for 35% of House of Frasers online orders – Andy Harding, House of Fraser
  14. 1 in 4 Buy & Collect customers buys an additional item when collecting their order in store – Andy Harding, House of Fraser.
  15. 17,000 pairs of shoes were collected in Schuh stores in the first half of 2012 – Sean McKee, Schuh

If you have any additional great stats that I’ve missed, please do add a comment below or send me a tweet to @simonlilly .

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