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7 December 2009
The Biggest UK Online Shopping Day of 2009 Set to be the Biggest Ever.
£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
LONDON, Monday December 7, 2009
IMRG Member Retail Decisions (ReD), a world leader in card fraud prevention, payment processing and card issuing, have revealed that the busiest online shopping hour was between 13:00 and 14:00, when retailers started heavily discounting and consumers looked to scoop a Christmas bargain during their lunch break, spending a combined total of £33 million online in this hour alone. According to ReD, a massive £1.4 million was spent at 13:43 making today the busiest online shopping minute ever.
David Smith, Director of Operations, at IMRG commented, "With more and more consumers taking advantage of the convenience and price savings available online, it is no surprise that today sees the highest sales ever online in a single day. As shoppers go online to bag the Christmas bargains our latest research discovered that nearly three quarters of internet shoppers would be doing half or more of their total Christmas shopping online. If consumers continue to spend at this level we will exceed our December forecast of £5bn”.
Carl Clump, ReD’s CEO, says, “Online retailers are luring consumers with cash back offers, discounts and special deals on the most popular products. The Nintendo Wii Black topped the shopping charts today, with the Wii fit Plus and Balance Board, the Samsung LCD TV and the Toshiba Satellite Laptop L450D following closely behind (see list of top ten most popular products today below).”
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
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About ReD
Please visit:
www.redplc.com.
Contacts:
Carl Clump, CEO
Retail Decisions Ltd
Tel : +44 (0) 1483 728700
Email :
ceo@redplc.com
Angela Yore
PR Office
SkyParlour Limited
Mobile : +44 (0) 7738 822956
Office: +44 (0) 1625 525 441
Email :
angelayore@skyparlour.co.uk
About IMRG
IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) is the industry body for global e-retail. Formed in 1990, IMRG is setting and maintaining pragmatic and robust e-Retail Standards to enable fast-track industry growth, and facilitates its community of members with practical help, information, tools, guidance and networking. The strength of IMRG is the collective and co-operative power of its members.
www.imrg.org
For further information please contact:
David Smith – Director of Operations
Email - market@imrg.org
Office - 020 7189 5533
Mobile - 07970 237 078