52 Copyright ©2014 The Nielsen Company. Confidential and proprietary. ONLINE GROCERY SALES TO DOUBLE IN FIVE KEY EUROPEAN MARKETS BY 2016 Source: Reut
{"Image DocumentName": "Online grocery sales to double in five key European markets by 2016", "Image ImageDescription": "Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive, IGD Reuters (Berlin), Oct. 23, Online retailing in food and consumer goods is growing at a phenomenal rate across Europe. Technology is empowering people, fundamentally changing the way they buy groceries. Online grocery sales to double in key European markets by 2016: IGD. BERLIN | Wed Oct 23, :02pm EDT(Reuters) - Online grocery sales will roughly double on average by 2016 in five key northern European markets - Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands - the food and consumer goods research group IGD said on Thursday. IGD predicted that online grocery shopping in Britain would be worth 13.7 billion euros ( 18.9 billion) by 2016, up from 7.1 billion in 2012, while the French market should grow to 10.6 billion euros from 5 billion last year. Online retailing in food and consumer goods is growing at a phenomenal rate across Europe. Technology is empowering people, fundamentally changing the way they buy groceries, IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch said in a statement. British retailers have been trailblazers in moving to sell food online, with the business growing 16 percent a year, although the delivery logistics for chilled products are much more complex and expensive than for non-perishables. FULL STORY:  IGD NEWS RELEASE:  Source: Reuters.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}