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<strong>The UK:</strong>
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<li>4.4m people spent a total of <a href="http://www.imrg.org/ItemDetail.aspx?clg=InfoItems&cid=pr&pid=pr_IMRG_Christmas_Day_271207&language=en-GB">£84m online on Christmas Day</a> - 269% more than last year and an average of £19.09 per shopper. [Source: IMRG]<br /><br /></li>
<li>Despite its woes on the high street, online sales at Marks & Spencer <a href="http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_fe_c_6_0_43436031_1?ie=UTF8&node=71009031&no=43436031&mnSBrand=core&me=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM">rose by 78%</a> in the 13 weeks up to December 29. [Source: M&S)<br /><br /></li>
<li>The UK's online shoppers reportedly spent <a href="/blog/2018-online-shoppers-spend-over-750k-in-a-minute">£767,500 in just 60 seconds</a> at 1.09pm on December 10th. [Source: Retail Solutions]<br /><br /></li>
<li>Figures for the whole of December are unavailable as yet, but online spending reached £5.4bn in November. This equates to £891 spent online for every person in the UK, and was an increase of 65% over November 2006. [Source: IMRG] </li>
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<strong>The US:</strong>
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<li>
<a href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1990">$29.2bn (£14.9bn) was spent online</a> during the US holiday season, which runs from November 1st to December 31st. [Source: comScore]<br /><br /></li>
<li>This was an increase of 19% over the same period in 2006. [Source: comScore]<br /><br /><br /></li>
<li>The busiest day Stateside was Monday, December 10, with online shoppers spending a total of $881m (£448.8m). [Source: comScore]<br /></li>
</ul>
<p>For more e-commerce numbers see the January 2008 update of our <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-statistics-compendium-december-2008">Internet Statistics Compendium</a>, featuring 200 pages of the very latest online marketing research. </p>
<p>
<strong>Related stories:</strong>
<br />
<a href="/blog/677-christmas-uk-online-sales-up-50-imrg">Christmas UK online sales up 50% - IMRG</a>
<br />
<a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-statistics-compendium-december-2008">Internet Statistics Compendium - January 2008 </a>
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<Emphasis>Related stories:</Emphasis>
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<Link URL="/blog/677-christmas-uk-online-sales-up-50-imrg" Window="Self">Christmas UK online sales up 50% - IMRG</Link>
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<Link URL="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-statistics-compendium-december-2008" Window="Self">Internet Statistics Compendium - January 2008 </Link>
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<strong>Once again, online retailers have had a more successful Christmas than their high street counterparts, with early reports suggesting that internet sales continued to rise rapidly. </strong>
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<p>According to the British Retail Consortium, UK retailers suffered their <a href="http://www.brc.org.uk/details04.asp?id=1300">worst December for three years</a>.</p>
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<em>Here's a round-up of Xmas-related sales figures in the UK and across the Atlantic...</em>
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