Topic: Brits shop long into the night

[Clive]

December 29, 2005
Quentin Reade

A new breed of shopper has been identified by electrical retailer Comet after figures reveal a quarter of its online sales are made at night-time.

Labelled 'Bedtime Buyers', Comet believes that people are finally taking advantage of the internet's 24/7 opening hours.

In one week alone, 9 per cent of all Comet's online sales of the new iPod Nano were made between midnight and 1am.

Other products, such as the Sony PSP and the new Tom-Tom Go 300 Satellite Navigation System are selling well through the night, shifting up to 17 per cent of sales after dark.

[Rodders]

You mean there may be a link between impulse buying and coming back p*ssed from the pub?   :ooo:

[Simon]

Also, if anyone has tried shopping online during the day over the last few days, they may have noticed many websites running at a snails pace, presumably due to extra traffic because of the 'Sales'.  :roll:

[sam]

yes both ebuyer and play.com were incredibly slow yesterday, still didnt stop me from getting a couple of bargains... which I have already had one delivered!