If elderly people in the UK were aware of online shopping offers available they would be more likely to sign up to broadband, according to one organisation.
Digital Unite, a company which helps over 50s to use IT, claims that it is currently only the younger generation that uses broadband connections to get cheap deals online.
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Broadband users are benefiting from the economic downturn by shopping online, one expert has suggested.
According to a spokesman for MyVoucherCodes, a company which supplies discount codes for online retailers, consumers are now more likely to hunt for online bargains in order to save cash.
Mark Pearson, managing director of the organisation, said stores were more than [...] CONTINUE
More than £100 million is expected to be sold online this Christmas, by over five million Britons seeking holiday bargains.
The web store trade body, the IMRG, predicts spending online on Christmas Day will exceed £100million for the first time.
Around £84million was spent online last Christmas Day, predominantly at sites such as eBay, Amazon, Argos, Play.com [...] CONTINUE
High street stores are suffering against online retail sales, suggesting that stores that do not have an online presence will be missing out this Christmas.
Despite fears of a credit crunch christmas, online spending surged by 16 per cent in November compared with the same time last year, according to the IMRG Capgeminie-retail sales index. Last [...] CONTINUE
