Online Shopping Buy Stuff Without Having To Leave
Online Shopping Buy Stuff Without Having To Leave Your Home!
The Success of Online Shopping n Britain is Europe’s NUMBER ONE Online Shopping Nation. n By August 2008 Britain was spending a total of £ 4. 6 billion per year. n The equivalent of £ 79 person. n Even though the economy slowed in 2008, online sales still rose by 11. 3%.
Reasons For Its Success n More homes have the internet and it is now really fast. n You can shop at home, even when there’s bad weather. n Even big high street stores now have websites.
EASYJET Online Airline Sales This airline was started in order to allow people to fly more cheaply. n They sold tickets directly to customers, saving the fee that would go to a travel agent. n The internet made their sales really take off. n Photo courtesy of easyjet
EASYJET Success The company’s first online sales were made in 1998. See how the passenger numbers immediately went up! n Now about 95% of its sales are over the internet. n By March 2008 they were making almost £ 9 million per year. n Year 1995 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Passenger Numbers 30, 000 420, 000 1, 880, 000 5, 996, 000 11, 400, 000 24, 300, 000 32, 953, 000
amazon. co. uk n Buying books, electrical goods and DVDs have really taken off online. Particularly at Christmas, as people avoid the shops. n December 2007 – at times during its busiest month, amazon. co. uk received 11 orders per second… that’s one delivery truck leaving their head quarters every 7 minutes!
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