E-commerce growth ‘sluggish’, Commission finds

EurActiv reports on the latest European consumer survey, presented on 11 March 2011. According to the Scoreboard, growth in cross-border e-commerce across the European Union continued but only 'at a sluggish pace'.

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European Commission: MEMO/11/ 39: European Commission proposals to ease cross-border trade advance as EU countries agree on Consumer Rights Directive http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/39&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Commission Staff Working Document: Consumer Conditions Scoreboard – Consumers at home in the single market. Monitoring the integration of the retail single market and consumer conditions in the Member States (SEC (2011)299 http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/strategy/docs/5th_edition_scoreboard_en.pdf

ESO: Information Guide: Consumer Policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-consumer-policy/

ESO: Background information: Brussels reconsiders group lawsuit plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-reconsiders-group-lawsuit-plan/

ESO: Background information: EU rules warning on e-commerce growth http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-rules-warning-on-e-commerce-growth/

ESO: Background information: Memo: European Commission proposals to ease cross-border trade advance as EU countries agree on Consumer Rights Directive http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-european-commission-proposals-to-ease-cross-border-trade-advance-as-eu-countries-agree-on-consumer-rights-directive/

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