According to Boston Consulting Group the “web economy” in G20 countries is set to double by 2016. The study, commissioned by Google, assumes that in the next 4 years around 3 billion people with be using the Internet – nearly 50% of the world’s population, and asserts that the UK is one of the most advanced ecommerce economies.
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