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http://www.netimperative.com/news/2009/may/top-100-online-retailers-in-the-uk
Top 100 online retailers in the UK
Hitwise
has teamed up with the IMRG to release its first ever top 100 UK online
retailers in terms of visits.To coincide with the third anniversary of
The IMRG / Hitwise Hot Shops List and new for May 2009 (based on April
data) the companies have expanded the list from 50 to 100.Since
the first Top 50 list was produced in May 2006 there has been 17 New
entrants, 13 Companies moving up in the rankings, 17 slipping down the
table, and whilst 3 have remained static, surprisingly a full 17 have
disappeared off the end of the list.Other highlights include:-
· Amazon retains the List’s top spot· Six of the original May 2006 top ten brands are still in the top ten
· Four of the top ten have physical stores, up from three
· Twenty eight have high street stores, up from twenty three in 2006
At
number 1, Amazon’s dominance of the Hot Shops List has remained
unchallenged every quarter since the List was first published, in May
2006. Argos has moved into second place this time, its highest annual
May ranking to date up from 5 last May and 3 in May 2007 & 2006,
although it has been at number 2 in other quarters in the
past.
Play.com (3/ originally 5) held on to the third position it
enjoyed in last May. Amazon.com (4/6), at 4, pushed Tesco.com (5/4)
into its lowest ranking so far, down to number
5.
Six
of the original top ten retain membership of that elite group: Amazon
UK (1/1), Argos (2/3), Play.com (3/5), Amazon.com (4/6), Tesco.com
(5/4), Expedia.co.uk (8/7). Joining them this May are Marks &
Spencer (6/23 ) Epson UK (7/NEW), Next (9/14) and ASOS
(10/50).
Only
four of the top ten retailers have physical stores, down from five in
May 2008. Twenty-eight of the fifty Hot Shops have high street stores,
up from twenty-three in
2006.
Leading
the fastest climbers are ASOS (10/50), Marks & Spencer (6/23) and
Epson UK (7/NEW) who did not feature in the top 50 in May 2006. In
addition we have B&Q moving to 16 from 24, HMV.com at 18 from 32
and Littlewoods at 19 from
40.
Electrical
and travel are the sectors most strongly represented on the List. The
top 5 electrical retailers include Epson UK (7/NEW), Dell (14/2) Apple
Computer (17/10), Ebuyer (25/NEW) & Currys (29/27) with a trend of
pure play online retailers entering the list whilst established
retailers have lost ground. The top 5 Travel companies are Expedia
(8/7), Easyjet (11/8), Ryanair (12/9) Thompson Holidays (13/13) and
Lastminute.com (22/12). Apart from Thompson Holidays (13/13) who is in
the same position – all other companies in the Travel sector have lost
ground in the listings since May
2006.
Clothing
is the fastest growing online shopping sector, with eight specialist
retailers on the List including two of the biggest risers, Marks &
Spencer (6/23) and ASOS (10/50), and three new-to-the-List high street
brands – Topshop (21/NEW) and River Island (24/NEW) and New Look
(40/NEW).
Grocery
sales are also booming online. Tesco.com (5/4) continues to lead in
this sector, while ASDA (23/49) is making excellent headway, and
Sainsbury’s (20/NEW) joined the List at 45 in November 2007 and has
risen 15 places since
then.
The
seventeen newcomers to the List since May 2006 are Epson UK (7), Tesco
Direct (15), Sainsbury’s (20), Topshop (21), River Island (24), Ebuyer
(25), LOVEFiLM (32), GAME (36), Homebase (37), Odeon Cinemas (39), New
Look (40), The TrainLine (41), Cineworld Cinemas (42), Vue
Entertainment (44), IKEA (46), Boots (48) and Halfords
(49).
Brands
that originally appeared on the List but have since dropped out of the
top 100 are MyTravel (17), Packard Bell UK (38), XL.com (33), Tesco
Electrical (34), Thompsonfly (21) and Woolworths (41). A number of
others, whilst out of the Top 50 are still placed within the Top
100.
IMRG’s
CEO, James Roper, commented: “We are now all used to the Hot Shops List
highlighting the 50 brands at the top of the e-retail game, so it is
interesting to get this three-year perspective, and to double the
number in scope to 100 in this new annual view. Online merchants tend
to be best placed to rapidly read and respond to consumers’ shifting
sentiments, appetites, values and demands, driven by the current alien
economic vortex.
“With more than £50 billion worth of online sales
at stake this year, and almost all of retail growth accounted for by
the online sector, if a brand is not on the list, you probably have to
worry about its future – so being in the Top 100 is an accolade worth
striving for. Cross-border trading is the latest online shopping trend
that is taking off, as UK retailers seek to exploit the weak pound’s
attractiveness to overseas shoppers.” Hitwise’s Director of Research,
Robin Goad, added: “Looking back over 3 years of the IMRG-Hitwise Hot
Shops list, perhaps the most surprising thing is how stable the top 50
has been. 33 of the retailers in this quarter’s top 50 appeared in the
list 3 years ago, nicely illustrating the staying power of top brands.
It is also interesting to note that, of the 17 companies that weren’t
on the list 3 years ago but are now, the majority are established high
street names.“However, while consumers do look for trusted brands when
shopping online, they also look for innovative products, competitive
prices and great customer service – and all of these contribute to a
retailer’s online reputation. That is why there will always be space
for innovative online only players such as Amazon, Play.com, Expedia
and ASOS, and why online remains the most exciting channel for
retailers both old and new.”
The full list can be viewed here. …Click below .
http://www.imrg.org/8025741F0065E9B8/(httpPages)/F12FE7C6C47BE03F802575C4002AB52F?OpenDocument
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