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28.3%of all retail spending in Great Britain was online in September 2026

+1.0 pts on a year earlier. It was 21.4% just before Covid and peaked at 37.8% in January 2021

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What it means: spending through websites and apps, by stores and online-only retailers, as a share of all retail sales, including food. It doubled during the Covid lockdowns and settled at a higher level than before. Takeaways, travel and other services are not part of retail sales. Shown for context.

Source: ONS, retail sales index, series J4MC.