Forget the crush on the high street - figures indicate more and more people are doing their Christmas shopping on the internet.
Britain is now the largest market in Europe for online shopping.
The trend has been growing dramatically, with sales doubling every year for the last three years.
In 2002 the value of internet sales to households was over £6bn. Last year this almost doubled to around £12bn.
This year some online retailers have seen sales triple and retail analysts say the market could now be worth as much as £15bn.
Around 12 million people in Briton shop online every month - but the figure grows significantly around Christmas.
An extraordinary £3.5bn is expected to be spent online in December.
A crucial link in the chain is the Royal Mail, which is seeing a boom in parcel and package post deliveries to the internet shoppers
I must admit ive done all my xmas shopping on-line,saves carrying all the stuff home and having 3 kids it saves my ears when running around town with em
moaning and whinging LOL
Britain is now the largest market in Europe for online shopping.
The trend has been growing dramatically, with sales doubling every year for the last three years.
In 2002 the value of internet sales to households was over £6bn. Last year this almost doubled to around £12bn.
This year some online retailers have seen sales triple and retail analysts say the market could now be worth as much as £15bn.
Around 12 million people in Briton shop online every month - but the figure grows significantly around Christmas.
An extraordinary £3.5bn is expected to be spent online in December.
A crucial link in the chain is the Royal Mail, which is seeing a boom in parcel and package post deliveries to the internet shoppers
I must admit ive done all my xmas shopping on-line,saves carrying all the stuff home and having 3 kids it saves my ears when running around town with em
moaning and whinging LOL
