The Western Europe region has been the leader when it comes to retail e-commerce sales. According to a report on e-Marketer, while Great Britain has traditionally been an ecommerce hotspot, other regions are increasing their contribution over time. France and Germany are among countries in this list and they have performed better than Italy and Spain. The dominance of this region is expected to stay till 2012 at least.
Here are the annual retail ecommerce sales from Western Europe over the years
2008 : $145.9 billion
2009 : $150.3 billion
2010 : $162.3 billion
2011 : $182.6 billion
2012 : $202.7 billion