42244 6 3 econsultancy_xml <p> <a href="http://www.imrg.org/ItemDetail.aspx?clg=News&amp;cid=nws&amp;pid=News_Amazon5&amp;language=en-GB">Amazon received 4 million orders</a> on its busiest day, December 11, beating 2005's record of 3.4 million orders. Meanwhile, Tesco.com received 1.3 million visitors over the Christmas period, with overall sales up 30% on last Christmas. </p> <p>Full statistics for December will not be available until January 15, but IMRG is now predicting that spending for the four weeks up to Christmas Eve will total up to £3.7 billion, having previously predicted £3.2 billion.</p> <p> <a href="/blog/537-online-sales-will-rise-by-40-in-2007-imrg">IMRG </a>also said that online now accounts for 10% of total retail sales in the UK, compared to just 0.5% in 2000. </p> <p>Things were not so rosy on the high street though, with research firm <a href="http://www.footfall.com/index.cfm">Footfall</a> reporting an 8.5% drop in the volume of shoppers for the week before Christmas, compared with the same period in 2005. </p> <p>Sales at Next seem to have followed a similar pattern, with Next Retail reporting a 7.5% decline in sales for the 21 weeks up to Christmas, while <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6229817.stm">Next Directory's sales</a> (50% of which are estimated to be online) rose by 9.3%.</p> <p> <strong>Further Reading:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/668-an-internet-christmas-round-up">An internet Christmas round-up</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.imrg.org/ItemDetail.aspx?clg=News&amp;cid=nws&amp;pid=News_Amazon5&amp;language=en-GB" Window="New">Amazon received 4 million orders</Link> on its busiest day, December 11, beating 2005's record of 3.4 million orders. Meanwhile, Tesco.com received 1.3 million visitors over the Christmas period, with overall sales up 30% on last Christmas. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Full statistics for December will not be available until January 15, but IMRG is now predicting that spending for the four weeks up to Christmas Eve will total up to £3.7 billion, having previously predicted £3.2 billion.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="/blog/537-online-sales-will-rise-by-40-in-2007-imrg" Window="New">IMRG </Link>also said that online now accounts for 10% of total retail sales in the UK, compared to just 0.5% in 2000. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Things were not so rosy on the high street though, with research firm <Link URL="http://www.footfall.com/index.cfm" Window="New">Footfall</Link> reporting an 8.5% drop in the volume of shoppers for the week before Christmas, compared with the same period in 2005. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Sales at Next seem to have followed a similar pattern, with Next Retail reporting a 7.5% decline in sales for the 21 weeks up to Christmas, while <Link URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6229817.stm" Window="New">Next Directory's sales</Link> (50% of which are estimated to be online) rose by 9.3%.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Further Reading:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/668-an-internet-christmas-round-up" Window="New">An internet Christmas round-up</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-01-04T16:01:00+00:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Online retailers have had a more successful Christmas than their high street counterparts, with IMRG reporting that high street sales are down</strong> <strong>, and online sales up by between 40 and 50% compared to 2005. </strong> </p> <p>Larger internet retailers like Tesco and Amazon seem to have enjoyed a particularly successful Christmas period, with both setting records for online sales. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Online retailers have had a more successful Christmas than their high street counterparts, with IMRG reporting that high street sales are down</Emphasis> <Emphasis>, and online sales up by between 40 and 50% compared to 2005. </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Larger internet retailers like Tesco and Amazon seem to have enjoyed a particularly successful Christmas period, with both setting records for online sales. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 677 362419 Christmas UK online sales up 50% - IMRG false 2007-01-05T11:53:00+00:00 christmas-uk-online-sales-up-50-imrg 2009-04-30T04:15:30+01:00 2009-04-30T04:15:30+01:00 595