Online sales figures have surprised analysts and risen 62 per cent in March compared with last year according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Online sales took just 23.1 per cent of the UK’s entire retail spend during the first lockdown last March, that figure climbed to 34.7 per cent of consumers’ overall spend this year.
There was a rise in ecommerce sales last March after non-essential retail closed down and consumers switched their spending habits to adapt to restrictions.
Many predicted that with the promise of non-essential retail reopening this month, online sales figures would drop below the levels seen last year.
