Betterware Reflect on the News That the Increased Popularity of Online Sales Has Enhanced Van Sales in the UK
Birmingham, England -- (SBWire) -- 05/05/2015 --The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have commented the rise in online shopping, thus home delivery, has seen close to 100,000 vans being registered in the first quarter of 2015, which is a 22.3% increase on the same quarter in 2014.
Since the SMMT commenced in 1987, this is the highest number of van and lorry sales recorded. It has also been release by IMGR Capgemini e-Retails Sales Index that online sales made £103 billion last year, which is predicted to rise another 12% in 2015; that would mean £1 out of every £4 spent will have been on online sales.
An SMMT spokesperson said: "Van registrations have risen consistently over the past two years, mainly as a result of steadily increasing business confidence and a range of attractive finance deals. The move towards online shopping and home deliveries is an important contributor to this growth - particularly that of large vans."
A spokesperson for Betterware, online homeware and cleaning extraordinaires who are delighted about such a significant increase in online sales, has reflected that: "These figures showing the increase of van sales driven by home delivery necessities reiterates just how predominant-a-service online shopping has become to the UK in recent years.
"It is unsurprising that nowadays, when people are restricted for time around working and family life, online shopping is a convenient and reliable way of getting hold of the things you need without the stresses of having to plan a trip out to various different places to get all of the things you need. This huge increase in the figures of home delivery and of online sales themselves goes to show how much trust and emphasis people put in online shopping currently, and we love that we're a part of this service."
About Betterware
Betterware is one of the UK's most successful home shopping companies since it started out 1928. They are best known for their cleaning products and homeware, but also now sell a range of personal and beauty care, as well as gifts and electrical products.
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