During the months of March and April, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis hit the United Kingdom (UK) at a large scale, the year-on-year growth rate of the online revenue of home and leisure retail sector has generally increased week to week in the UK. The weeks following March 8, 2020 saw a sharp increase in percentage change of online revenue of home and leisure items, with the week ending April 5, 2020 and onwards having a 200 percent higher revenue compared to the same period in the previous year.
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Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020
The figures refers to online activity of retailers, which the source defines as "digital sales across website, mobile, web, and app, of brands who mainly trade in physical stores." The source identifies the "home and leisure" sub-sector as follows: Seasonal, Media & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty, Pet Care, Home Office, Business & Industrial. Revenue is defined as follows: " online sales (includes desktop, mobile, and tablet) - based on the monetary value of every online transaction - aggregated and updated daily."
The source adds the following note regarding methodology: "The data included in this visualization is an anonymized subset of the online sales of brands in more than 100 countries, based on consumer engagement across more than one billion consumer profiles and 2,500 global brands."
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Emarsys. (July 2, 2020). Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/
Emarsys. "Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020." Chart. July 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/
Emarsys. (2020). Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/
Emarsys. "Weekly Trend in Year-on-year Growth of Online Retail Revenue in Home and Leisure Category in The United Kingdom (Uk) from January to June 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/
Emarsys, Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Weekly trend in year-on-year growth of online retail revenue in home and leisure category in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to June 2020 [Graph], Emarsys, July 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110606/home-and-leisure-weekly-online-revenue-growth-in-the-uk/
