Festive boom for online shopping

[charlie]

Internet shopping among UK consumers soared almost 50% in the 10 weeks before Christmas, a report has found.
Shoppers spent £4.98bn online during the period, compared with £3.3bn for the same time a year earlier, according to e-commerce trade body IMRG.

For 2005 as a whole, it calculated that spending over the internet in the UK totalled £19.2bn, 32% more than 2004.

IMRG managing director Jo Tucker said the figures represented a "step change in retailing at Christmas".

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good news for the value of prime UK domains?

 

[charlie]

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One in three shoppers in Wales are buying their presents online this Christmas, according to an opinion poll for the BBC Wales news website.

does Wales have its own extension?

 

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does Wales have its own extension?

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