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Cash-strapped Brits rein in web shopping
News Cash-strapped Brits are cutting back on online shopping and switching to budget bricks-and-mortar alternatives, according to new research. When it comes to more expensive items, such as... [03 Jun 2009]
Booze and knickers back on top in Brits' web shopping
News While sales growth is static on the high street, online shopping continues to expand - albeit at a muted pace. According to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Index, online sales in... [17 Mar 2009]
37 million Brit shoppers doing it online by 2014
News Brits' love affair with online shopping is set to continue despite the economic gloom. The UK's ecommerce market is the largest and most mature in Europe, according to a new report by... [02 Mar 2009]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. The regulator warned it would be conducting... [14 Jul 2008]
Brits living in fear of identity fraud
News More than three-quarters, 86 per cent, of almost 1,000 Brits polled in the Unisys Security Index are worried about the unauthorised access or misuse of their personal information. Confidence is also growing in the... [20 May 2008]
Internet beats high street for Christmas shopping
News Brits will spend 55 per cent of their Christmas shopping budget on presents bought online, a new survey by Nielsen/Netratings has found. Around 70 per cent of Brits will... [29 Nov 2006]
Online shopping safer than many think
News Similarly, around 71 per cent of Brits know someone who has had their wallet or purse stolen but only 29 per cent know a victim of online fraud. If you're being put off doing your Christmas... [06 Nov 2006]
Tesco dominates net shopping with £2m loo rolls
News Though Tesco may have broken the billion barrier, the majority of Brits still prefer pushing a real rather than virtual trolley. Tesco has spread its dominance of UK retail into online... [23 Aug 2006]
Brits shun TV for web
News Brits spend more time surfing the web these days than watching TV, research conducted for Google has found. According to the entertainment regulator, Brits watched less television last year than the... [08 Mar 2006]
£1.8m injection for e-government one-stop-shop
News The move comes as the Cabinet Office released its own research that said despite there being more than 75 million websites in existence, 51 per cent of Brits use only six or fewer sites on a regular basis. [06 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 4.11.05
Round-Up And when people aren't trying to wind up children or get them to fail in their school assignments they are to be found shopping when online - and boy do us Brits love to shop, especially... [04 Nov 2005]
Credit card-mad Brits turn to internet for spending fix
News Brits can't get enough of bashing their credit cards - the UK as a whole is now over £1tn in debt - and it seems the internet is helping send spending soaring. According to new figures from Apacs (Association for Payment... [09 Aug 2004]
Brits go mad for online shopping
News For the first quarter of 2004, Brits spent more than double the amount compared to the comparable quarter in 2003. UK online spending continues to soar and shows no sign of slowing, according to the... [01 Jun 2004]
Europe gears up for an electronic Christmas
News Brits are using the web to stock up on Christmas pudding and Brussels sprouts, as groceries top the list of e-tail categories, with an E199m (£124m) disbursed on digital delicacies. Vulgar socks and tasteless ties seem... [07 Dec 2001]
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