DNBulletin: Growth in e-commerce dampens inflation
(WorldNews Netherlands)

The growth currently seen in e-commerce weighs down on consumer prices through cost reductions and increased competition. The price discounts which households perceive from shopping online rather than in traditional `bricks and mortar` shops amounts to 6.5%. E-commerce dampened the rise in consumer prices in the Netherlands by approximately 0.1 percentage points. Growth in e-commerce in the Netherlands Consumer purchases of goods and services via the internet have grown sharply in recent years. Compared with 2014, the amount spent online in the Netherlands went up by 16% in 2015 to reach EUR 16.1 billion, in a trend that continued into 2016. Market research bureau GfK estimates a further EUR...