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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10442

1 September 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 23
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/consumers
Rapid but uneven development in on-line shopping in Europe

Brussels, 31/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - The number of EU consumers buying goods and services online has doubled to 40% over the last five years, but the growth has come mainly in countries where e-commerce was already widespread, and shoppers in Southern and Eastern Europe remain much less likely to buy online. MEPs at the European Parliament's internal market and consumer rights committee were presented with these results of a study on the subject on Tuesday 30 August.

Online shopping is...