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Valentine’s Day - 10 lovely online facts
February 13, 2012
Love is in the air with Romeos seeking out their Juliets and declaring their passion for one another. Valentine’s Day is also a huge commercial opportunity and as brands go into romantic marketing overdrive, I thought we would look at... Continue reading...
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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...
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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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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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Boxing Day set to be biggest ever day for online retail
December 23, 2011
Following on from the success of our predictions around Cyber Monday a couple of weeks ago we are predicting a record breaking 95 million UK Internet visits to online retailers on Boxing Day (26 December) this year. Historically Boxing Day... Continue reading...
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8 Internet Predictions for 2012
December 21, 2011
With New Year fast approaching it’s time to look ahead to 2012. What does online hold in store for the year ahead? We’ve put together our top predictions for 2012. 1. Entertainment will be the most visited online category of... Continue reading...
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Cyber Monday smashes online retail records
December 06, 2011
Yesterday (5 December), millions of consumers went online for Cyber Monday to do their Christmas shopping. We predicted last week that there would be 85 million visits to online retail websites on Cyber Monday and yesterday we monitored 84.6 million... Continue reading...
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Online retailers prepare for Cyber Monday rush
December 01, 2011
It’s December and although at Hitwise we’ve been talking about Christmas since August now the festive season truly begins. We’ve run a number of webinars in the lead up to Christmas which detail how we think online retailers will fare... Continue reading...
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Apple second biggest retailer in Hot Shops List
November 21, 2011
This week we released our quarterly Hot Shops List in association with IMRG which saw Apple become the second biggest online retailer in the UK for the first time ever. Since its inception in 2006 the top of the Hot... Continue reading...
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LeapPad Explorer top toy for Christmas 2011
November 02, 2011
With 52 shopping days left until Christmas, retail is taking a festive turn and parents are searching online for toys to buy for their children. The Toy Retailers Association (TRA) last week announced its predictions for the top 12 must-have... Continue reading...
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ASDA top online destination for Back to School searches
September 01, 2011
With kids going back to school next week parents have been searching and shopping online to get their children clothed and equipped for the new term. Looking at all searches for back to school terms last week, the indications are... Continue reading...
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Next and Matalan make big impact in August Hot Shops List
August 16, 2011
The August Hot Shops List which Hitwise compiles with IMRG was released this week, with fashion retailers Next and Matalan particularly impressing this quarter. The fastest movers since May were Travel Republic (up 18 places), Odeon Cinemas (+14), First Choice... Continue reading...
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PhotoBox can piggyback on Moonpig’s online success
July 26, 2011
This week news emerged of a digital merger between online printers PhotoBox and personalised card company Moonpig.com with the latter being acquired for £120 million. Moonpig.com has carved a niche for itself in the online card industry, as the number... Continue reading...
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