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Consumer technology is developing very rapidly. The opportunities created by smartphones and mobile internet yield a wealth of data.

In Q3 2019, Dutch consumers purchased 455 million euros worth of products from foreign EU webshops.

Consumers spent 8.7 percent more in November 2021 than one year previously.

In 2012 just over one in eight Dutch people aged 15 years or older reported that in the preceding twelve months they had been the victim of cybercrime such computer hacking and online bullying.

Social media usage among the elderly has soared in recent years. The group 65 to 74-year-olds in particular have become increasingly active users. In 2019, 76 percent of the respondents in this age...

Preliminary results of ongoing big data research into online purchases by Dutch consumers from foreign webshops.

Statistics Netherlands reports that Dutch retail turnover was up by 3.2 percent in July 2015 on July 2014, mainly because of growing sales (3.4 percent). Prices fell by 0.2 percent. Most of the...

Last year, Dutch consumers purchased 1.9 billion euros worth of products from foreign EU webshops. This is 19.3 percent more than in 2018, when spending amounted to 1.6 billion euros.

Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not

The Dutch retail sector boasted a 2.3 percent year-on-year turnover growth in February 2016.

This study provides a first reasonable experimental overview of the size of a few digitised activities in the Dutch economy. The intent behind the study is not to give a complete overview of all...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported today that retail turnover grew faster in April 2015 than in the same month last year. The volume of retail sales increased for the fifth month in a row (by 2.6...

In 2021, the total enterprise population in the Netherlands grew by 163 thousand or 8.5 percent, thereby exceeding 2 million for the first time as of 1 January 2022.

In 2007, bookshops again sold more books, newspapers and magazines. Though there is an increase in online buying, bookshops remain the most important sales channel, accounting for 55 percent of total...

Globalisation and digitisation make it increasingly difficult to measure the economy.

In 2013, nearly 80 percent in the Dutch population reported to have accessed government websites in the past twelve months. The percentage has risen rapidly in recent years and is currently higher...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that retail turnover was 4.3 percent up in September from September 2014. The growth is partly due to a more favourable shopping-day pattern. The volume (of...

Our information searching behaviour on the Internet is intensifying. We used to just type a question into a search engine, but this has become more and more obsolete

This publication gives a description of major developments in Dutch digital economy.

Recent explorative research conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows that only a fraction of Dutch small

The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 1.9 percent in February, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down on January. This is mainly due to the rates for telephone and internet services.

The monthly publication of price changes in consumer goods and services.

In 2016, around one-quarter of all cybercrime cases was reported. This number is lower than four years previously.

Consumers spent 8.5 percent more in October 2021 than in October 2020.