Archive for November, 2010

‘MANIC MONDAY’: ONLINE SHOPPERS SET TO SPEND £373,000 PER MINUTE ON 29TH NOVEMBER

Published on November 26th, 2010 by PressUK

Internet shoppers are set to spend £22.4 million an hour or £537 million in total on 29th November, the busiest online shopping day of the year – 29% more than last year [1]
Overall, UK households are predicted to spend over a fifth (22%) of their Christmas budget online this year, totalling £11.5bn over the festive [...] View more ›

THE ROYAL WEDDING, AN ‘UNADULTERATED GOOD-NEWS STORY’ FOR RETAILERS

Published on November 18th, 2010 by PressUK

Royal summer wedding to provide a £516 million boost in UK retail sales  

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is expected to provide a £515.5 million boost to UK retailers, with 6.5 million people in the UK expected to mark the occasion in some way[1]
Food and drink will account for the highest expenditure [...] View more ›

EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDS TO SPEND €593 ON AVERAGE THIS CHRISTMAS

Published on November 17th, 2010 by PressUK

European household budgets to rise marginally this Christmas, with families forecast to spend €593.11 on average, an increase of just 0.8% on last year [1]
This Christmas, European households expected to spend on average €330.79 on gifts, €172.17 on food and drink, €35.68 on decorations and €54.47 on travel [2]
Highest spend on gifts expected to be [...] View more ›

29TH NOVEMBER IS ‘MANIC MONDAY’: THE BUSIEST ONLINE SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR

Published on November 17th, 2010 by PressUK

‘Manic Monday’: Internet shoppers set to spend £22.4 million an hour or £537 million in total on 29th November, the busiest online shopping day of the year – 29% more than was spent on cyber Monday in 2009 [1]
‘Panic Saturday’: Saturday 18th December expected to be the busiest day of the year on the high [...] View more ›

TENTACLED TIPSTER’S TOP CHRISTMAS PICKS

Published on November 10th, 2010 by PressUK

Kelkoo enlists the help of Ollie the psychic Octopus, cousin of the late world famous Paul, to predict the Christmas best-sellers this year
See Ollie in action at http://ollie.kelkoo.co.uk/
EMBARGOED UNTIL November 10th 2010. 2010 has been a year of psychic animal predictions. Back in June, Paul the octopus, who sadly passed away two weeks ago, [...] View more ›

TENTACLED ORACLE TIPS DANNII MINOGUE TO WIN X FACTOR

Published on November 10th, 2010 by PressUK

Kelkoo enlists the help of Ollie the psychic Octopus, cousin of the late world famous Paul, to predict UK Christmas best-sellers this year
See Ollie in action at http://ollie.kelkoo.co.uk
November 10th 2010. 2010 has been a year of psychic animal predictions. Back in June, Paul the octopus, who sadly passed away two weeks ago, successfully predicted that [...] View more ›

Sony PlayStation 3 set to win console wars this christmas

Published on November 5th, 2010 by PressUK

A new study from Kelkoo and GameVision Europe predicts that the latest innovations in motion gaming from Sony will make the PS3 the biggest selling console this Christmas, accounting for 41%[1] of all consoles sold[2]  
 

Amongst UK gamers today, it is estimated that 44% (6.9 million) own a Wii, 34% (5.3 million) own an Xbox [...] View more ›