More consumers than last year will turn to web to finish holiday shopping
With the days to Christmas winding down, a significantly larger portion of consumers than last year plan to complete their holiday shopping online. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2008 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, 40.2% of consumers plan to buy the rest of their Christmas gifts on the Internet vs. 34.9% at this time last year.
UK’s online Christmas shopping searches revealed
Wii winning, Blu-ray’s on fire and Sony on top
The Wii is winning the Christmas shopping battle, according to online shopping data from AOL Shopping UK and PriceGrabber.co.uk.
The motion-sensing console has nabbed 44% of searches since the start of December.
All is not lost for Sony though, as other stats from the world of consumer technology show that Sony Blu-ray players are gaining the majority of Blu searches at 44%, with the company’s BDP-S350 likely to be under most trees this Christmas.
The top ten most popular “digital” products searched for overall, according to the data, is as follows:
1. Sony Bravia KDL-32V4000 32-inch LCD TV
2. Acer Aspire One AOA110-Aw notebook
3. Sony Bravia KDL-40W4500 40-inch LCD TV
4. Sony KDL-40W4000 40-inch LCD TV
5. Panasonic DMC-FZ28 black digital camera
6. HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note notebook
7. Samsung NC10 white notebook
8. Asus Eee PC 901 black notebook
9. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5EB-K black digital camera
10. Pioneer PDP-LX5090 50-inch plasma TV
