Article: Ecommerce booms at Christmas while high street flounders.

M2 PRESSWIRE-3 January 2003-Actinic Software: Ecommerce booms at Christmas while high street flounders(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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While the signs seem to be that traditional High Street retailers experienced a flat Christmas, Actinic's investigations show that early indicators are that November and December 2002 was a bumper season for many ecommerce stores.

Actinic, who provide the technology for powering more UK online stores than any other company, asked a sample of its retailers (who had been trading online for at least a year) for flash sales figures for the Christmas period. "We thought that things would be positive, ...

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