Much has been made of how big Cyber Monday was for online retailers this year. Here are the headlines from the IMRG:
• £1.4 million spent online today at 13:43 in just one minute.
• The busiest minute for online retail sales saw a 61% like-for-like increase on last year
• Between 13:00 and 14:00 retail sales peaked at £33 million, an increase of 21%
• The busiest online shopping day ever, is forecasted to end on a high up 16% year on year
Figures from Retail Decisions, the credit card processing company, revealed that Monday 7th December was the biggest day of UK ecommerce this year.
The IRMG's Director of Operations David Smith commented that if consumers continue to spend at this level "we will exceed our December forecast of £5bn".
Consumer electronics continue to dominate the most popular products list, with games consoles, TVs, laptops and digital cameras making waves.
Top Ten Must-Have Christmas Gifts
1) Nintendo Wii Black
2) Wii Fit Plus & Balance Board
3) LCD TV (Samsung)
4) Toshiba Satellite Laptop L450D
5) Babyliss for men easy cut clippers
6) Panasonic Digital Camera DMC Range
7) Nintendo Wii (Standard edition)
8) Phillips Shaver HS 8460
9) Micro Scooter
10) Apple IPOD Touch
In other news it's interesting to see searches for "Christmas gifts" have risen 22 per cent in the past year, while searches for "gold jewellery" are up 39 per cent and "diamond rings" 76 per cent. Excellent news for those at the top of the SEO rankings for those terms.
Monday, 14 December 2009
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My clients had a Great Cyber Monday, but also a fantastic holiday season selling online!
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Check out this site i used called offerssupermarket.co.uk its really good for searching for those items you need and it searches the lowest price for you.. its ace!
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