Online shopping reaches £3.8bn in a month

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August figures higher than 2008 despite sluggish monthly growth

Retailers are making progress in improving their web propositions UK shoppers spent £3.8bn on the web during August – a 16 per cent year-on-year growth, despite a monthly dip in sales, according ...

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