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1. Internet Shopping Up Again!

2. Shopping on the internet has been increasing every year
over the last five years, a new survey predicts another
busy year for internet shopping in the UK. According to
the results of an online survey of 3,012 shoppers by
PriceGrabber.com, this Christmas shopping season
promises to be the busiest yet for internet shopping.

3. We thought you may be interested to see what fellow
internet shoppers are up to and why, or just enjoy the
amusement value!

4. Key findings

5. -The average shopper will spend GBP 768 on their
Christmas goodies, of which 50% will be purchased
online (hmm...sounds rather high!)

6. -93% of respondents expect to do more online shopping
this year than last year, citing a growing dislike of
stressful high street Christmas shopping and soaring
petrol prices as two of the main reasons behind this
move.

7. -Comfort and satisfaction with the online experience has
also increased dramatically and 88% stated they would
spend substantial time researching products and prices
online before making offline purchases.

8. -Over 50% of those surveyed will have started their
Christmas shopping by November 1st, with 40.1% having
already started by early October. But despite this "pre-
planning" mentality, 75% of respondents expect that
they will still be buying gifts as late as five days before
Christmas.

9. The top 3 reasons shoppers are most likely to buy their
Christmas gifts online:

10. 1. Convenience - eliminate hassle of
driving/parking/crowds (36%)

11. 2. Flexibility - shop 24 hours of the day (33%)

12. 3. Finding low prices (19%)

13. The top 3 things shoppers dislike about shopping for
gifts on the high street:

14. 1.Waiting in lines (30%)

15. 2.Finding the right selection of gifts for everyone (28%)

16. 3.Lack of time to get it all done (20%)

17. Additional finding

18. -46% answered yes when asked if they would do more
Christmas gift shopping online specifically because of
high petrol prices

19. -42% of respondents say they will shop for gifts online
while at work. 45.2% of men surveyed admitted that
they will shop online

20. while at work, while only 34.7% of women will count on
shopping online while at work as an option

21. -About the same percentage of respondents answered
that they will buy Christmas gifts online this year for
pets (17%) as they will for co-workers (18%)

22. Survey Methodology

23. This Christmas shopping survey was conducted by
PriceGrabber.com in October 2005. The survey ran from
October 12-19 October 2005. It was administered online
among a random sample of individuals. The total sample
size was 3,012 respondents, 1,045 females and 1967
males. The confidence interval for all results is 95% with
a margin of error of approximately +/-3 percentage
points for the entire sample. LONDON - BUSINESS WIRE
Nov. 2, 2005

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