UK Christmas Shopping in 2011

UK Christmas Shopping 2011 The Christmas shopping season has begun - yes, many of us start filling stockings in September. Here at Deals.org.uk, it doesn't take much to get us in the festive mood so we've been doing a bit of research into the Christmas shopping habits of us (the Great British consumers... 1 QUICK CHRISTMAS FACTS It seems many of us go all out for the festive season; spending our hard earned pounds on ourselves and our nearest and dearest. Here are some of our favourite Christmas shopping statistics... £35 -£300 mln £18bn is spent every year on Christmas cards is going to be withdrawn from banks and cash machines worth of unwanted gifts Mirror DAILY citywire BARCLAYS £435 1/2 half of all shoppers begin shopping for Christmas gifts in September the average spent per person on Christmas smarta Daily Mail 2 IT'S GOING TO BE ONLINE... More and more of us are turning to the internet to cross off our Christmas lists. It's little surprise when you consider the convenience of shopping from the comfort of your own home or office, not to mention the amazing discounts and wide choice of prezzies available online. 62% 74% of us plan to buy presents online this year of Brits shop online Office for National Statistics VISA A ffÍf > Am Íf More people will shop online than go to Church on Christmas day CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN WEDNESDAY 4PM: PEAK TIME FOR WORKPLACE SHOPPING DIGITAL STRATEGY CONSULTING CYBER MONDAY 2$ 28th November 2011 is set to be not only the biggest online shopping day but the biggest shopping day full stop with well over $1BN predicted to be shelled out worldwide on this day alone. 44% of this year's last minute christmas gift searches will be from a mobile phone. Google 13 DISCOUNT VOUCHERS Many of us use them, some of us are addicted to them and quite a few of us won't be buying anything this year without one. Yes, the 'Voucher Culture' is a modern-day con- sumer phenomenon. Who can blame us when you see the staggering amount of cash that is saved every year thanks to those wonderful little discount codes? SELFRIDGES £51BN is saved each year as a result of discount codes. July 28th HALIFAX the date Selfridges opened its Christmas section - the earliest ever. Could this be a sign that the sales and massive discounts will be starting earlier than ever. 20% of us won't buy something without a discount code. Telegraph Some retailers are ordering 20% less stock this year. BUY EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! Deals org uk Love a deal ? We hope you'll love Deals.org.uk. We've got all the latest UK online shopping deals including discount codes, mid-season sales, promotional codes, introductory offers as well as free to enter online competitions. http://Deals.org.uk SOURCES 1. The Mirror. www.mirror.co.uk 2. Citywire. citywire.co.uk 3. Barclays. www.barclays.co.uk 4. Smarta. www.smarta.com 5. Daily Mail. www.dailymail.co.uk 6. Office for National Statistics. www.statistics.gov.uk 7. Visa. www.visa.co.uk 8. Christian Institute. www.christian.org.uk 9. Digital Strategy Consulting. www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com 10. Google. www.google.co.uk 11. Halifax. www.halifax.co.uk 12. Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk