January 27 2009

Two-thirds of SME retailers still lack ecommerce

New research into online selling by small and medium sized retailers has found that ecommerce is now in use by just over a third of retailers and multi-channel retailing has only reached a quarter

New research from multi-channel systems specialist Actinic has found significant increases in the adoption of ecommerce amongst small and medium sized retailers.

However, operating across multiple channels — where outlets are selling online and taking orders via the mail or phone — is lagging behind with only a quarter of retailers falling into this category.

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