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Online visits still strong

By Emily Seares
20/12/2006

Visits to online retailers in the UK remained strong last week, showing a rise of 8 per cent year on year, according to a report by Hitwise.

The survey also revealed that for the week ending December 9 visits to retail sites reached their peak – the same week as December 2005.

The Nintento Wii continued to be the most searched-for gadget for the four weeks to December 16, while eBay UK and Amazon were the most visited internet retailers in the UK.

Of the top ten most searched-for shopping brands last week, seven were high street names – Argos, Tesco, Currys, Woolworths, Comet, John Lewis and HMV.