Shopping on the internet has been increasing every year over the last five years, a new survey predicts another busy year for internet shopping in the UK. According to the results of an online survey of 3,012 shoppers by PriceGrabber.com, this Christmas shopping season promises to be the busiest yet for internet shopping.
We thought you may be interested to see what fellow internet shoppers are up to and why, or just enjoy the amusement value!
Key findings
– The average shopper will spend GBP 768 on their Christmas goodies, of which 50% will be purchased online (hmm…sounds rather high!)
– 93% of respondents expect to do more online shopping this year than last year, citing a growing dislike of stressful high street Christmas shopping and soaring petrol prices as two of the main reasons behind this move.
– Comfort and satisfaction with the online experience has also increased dramatically and 88% stated they would spend substantial time researching products and prices online before making offline purchases.
– Over 50% of those surveyed will have started their Christmas shopping by November 1st, with 40.1%...