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Category Archives: Christmas

2011 Online: the year in review

December 30, 2011

Another year has flown by and in time-honoured Hitwise tradition it falls to me to review the highlights of 2011. This year we have seen an astonishing 228 billion UK Internet visits to websites and 28 billion hours spent online.... Continue reading...

Biggest Boxing Day ever as UK spends 13 million hours shopping online

December 27, 2011

UK Internet users broke online records yesterday as 13 million hours were spent shopping online on Boxing Day. Online retail websites received an astonishing 96 million UK Internet visits yesterday, 19.5% more than on Boxing Day last year (80.5 million... Continue reading...

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In Categories Christmas | Shopping and Classifieds

Christmas Day 2011 warms up shoppers for Boxing Day

December 26, 2011

Christmas Day 2011 was another bumper day for shopping online as 62.8 million UK Internet visits went to online retail websites. 1 in every 8 visits online in the UK yesterday went to a retail website, a new record for... Continue reading...

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Delia top celebrity chef for Christmas recipe searches

November 16, 2011

Christmas is still five weeks away but people are already thinking ahead to the big day and the festive feast that is Christmas Lunch. Our data suggests that the top day for Christmas grocery shopping will be Monday 19 December,... Continue reading...

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James Murray

Marketing and Research Analyst, Experian Hitwise UK.