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News Retailers participating in the index found sales growth actually dipped in the run up to the festive holiday, but picked up from Christmas day. Online sales reached £15.2bn in the UK in the last quarter of 2007 and could... [17 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News The BBC's iPlayer website saw a 14-fold increase in traffic during the festive period. From 8 December 2007 to 5 January 2008 visits to the site rocketed following its full marketing launch on Christmas Day, according to... [10 Jan 2008]
Xmas shoppers making merry in cyberspace
News And a significant proportion (18 per cent) said they will do all their shopping online - not something that will bring festive cheer to bricks-and-mortar retailers. So much for speakers blaring out decades' old Christmas... [17 Dec 2007]
Customer service warning for Xmas retailers
News However, numéro is predicting the rise in the take up of broadband has not been followed by a beefing up of logistics and customer contact centre resources, which will be tested over the festive period. [03 Dec 2007]
Carphone Warehouse gears up for Christmas
News So the company is putting in place a data integration project to make sure its staff face no surprises in the festive season. Demand for the Apple iPhone at the Carphone Warehouse (CPW) is nothing compared to the sort of... [22 Nov 2007]
Online shoppers think plastic is fantastic for Xmas
News UK consumers are the most eager to kick off the festive spirit: 48 per cent of respondents had already started when the survey was held, between 22 and 28 October. Growth in overall spending over the... [14 Nov 2007]
UK to lead Xmas online shopping spree
News In contrast, just 30 per cent of Italian and Spanish web users will buy their festive gifts over the web. The UK will be Europe's biggest market for online shopping in the run up to Christmas with 27 million shoppers... [24 Oct 2007]
PC energy waste to cost £8.6m over Christmas
News David Smith, marketing director at Canon UK, said the figures show that "businesses that don't turn off their PCs and printers are literally throwing money away as well as damaging the environment over the festive period". [14 Dec 2006]
Wi-fi signals hate it when we...
News Hanging Christmas decorations in the office has become a thorny enough issue in these PC times but now companies are being warned festive trinkets can interfere with office wi-fi coverage. Though rarely considered in... [06 Dec 2006]
Christmas to be marred by 'CrackBerry' addiction?
News But those findings contrast sharply with 26 per cent of respondents who said their BlackBerry would be on for the duration of the festive season and they would be checking it throughout. It seems you can add email... [30 Nov 2006]
Vista more popular with consumers than companies
News Microsoft announced a deal last month offering cheap upgrades to Vista and Office 2007 for consumers buying new Windows laptops and PCs this festive season. More consumers will be buying Windows Vista next year than... [29 Nov 2006]
No cheap alcohol to be sold online
News While bricks-and-mortar retailers will welcome the ruling, the news will no doubt disappointment both e-tailers and online shoppers hoping to stock up on cheap cigarettes and alcohol for the festive season. [23 Nov 2006]
Fancy Jamie Oliver in your stocking?
News Amazon.co.uk has put Jamie Oliver's new cookbook as the top of the pops in its forecast for this year's festive big sellers in the UK. The 'pukka tukka' chef is heading up Amazon.co.uk's predicted top 10 Christmas... [07 Nov 2006]
Cadbury IT glitch takes £12m chunk out of profits
News The build-up of chocolate bars caused by the IT problems was then exacerbated by a slow start to the UK confectionary market in 2006, when many people's New Year diets kick in after the over-indulgence of the festive... [08 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: BlackBerrys interrupt IT bosses' Xmas dinner
News Perhaps it is an excuse to make a quick getaway from my mother-in-law or maybe I suffer from Christmas fear that our IT systems will also enjoy too much festive spirit. Two-thirds of IT bosses admit they'll be... [06 Dec 2005]
