In the end of November the new Law has entered into force, that provides that in advertising prices can be used only in the local currency. The text of the Law "On Advertising" was published in the newspaper "Holos Ukrainy".

Ukrainian online shops in desperate need of a well organized service delivery. Customers' loyalty depends on the quality of logistics and therefore profits. Particularly urgent is the problem of delivery in small and remote communities, where only public operator is represented so far.

The State Statistics Service reported that Ukrainian retail trade turnover in January-October 2012 increased by 15.7% at constant prices compared to January-October 2011.

For half a year Ukrainian users on average buy about 7 products online (in Europe, the figure is 13), and spend about 264 euros - including the Christmas holidays (European users spend twice as much - about 544 euros). These and other characteristics of the behavior of the Ukrainian audience at the conference "Business Internet Shop" voiced Ionel Naftanaila, training and projects manager in the nonprofit Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB Europe).

In January-September 2012 several fashion brands turned up on the Ukrainian market, as it was said in the Property Times Ukraine Q3 2012 survey, prepared by DTZ.

In Ukraine number of regular Internet users over 16 years old grew by 32% in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter of 2011 and amounted to 15.09 million people. This is stated in the results of research conducted by GfK Ukraine.

In the middle of autumn Ukrainians were actively looking for work, furniture and winter clothes. These conclusions were arrived at by Analytical Service of Ukraine’s largest free classified ads portal Slando after analyzing user search queries.

The arrival of the first chain outlets of H&M, C&A, Deichmann, Peek & Cloppenburg and Debenhams have been announced to appear the following season in Ukraine. Vendors believe that competition in Ukrainian clothing market is slow, so there is a place for everyone.

Global consumer confidence index rose by one point to 92 in the 3rd quarter compared to the 2nd quarter of 2012, and increased by 4 points compared to the same period in 2011, a Nielsen study claimed.

Ericsson ConsumerLab announced the results of the annual survey of the consumption of telecommunication services and products preferences of Ukrainians.