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Online retail sales continues impressive growth of 70% in March

April 13, 2021

Online retail sales growth has continued to rise throughout March, despite the promise of the high street opening up in April.

IMRG’s Capgemini Online Retail Index, which displays the sales performance from over 200 retailers, shows that online sales have risen 71.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in March.

The study saw almost all sales categories report positive growth, but there were signs of a slowdown in sectors such as electronics and health and beauty, two of last year’s top performers.

Electronics recorded growth of 78.5 per cent, a big drop from its peak of 206.6 per cent last year, meanwhile health and beauty saw 46.5 per cent growth.

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