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Festive online sales record

Online retailers are celebrating a record-breaking Christmas, as Brits spent £7.6 billion in the ten weeks leading up to 25 December.

The figure is a 54% increase on 2005, with electrical goods and gifts in the lead.

The Interactive Media in Retail Group's (IMRG) e-Retail Sales Index found that online sales for the whole of the year hit £30.2 billion, Ananova reported.

The IMRG's figures can be viewed online, but users need to register to gain access.

 
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