Europeans more confident about e-shopping: survey
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European consumers are becoming increasingly confident about shopping online, with half of those with computers at home indulging in a little e-commerce, according to survey results published.
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Online buying continues to snowball, according to the results of a recent America Online survey. This year, for the first time, Americans who regularly use the Internet for shopping -- researching
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Internet searches provide hints on how we really feel about the economy
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Economic confidence in Europe stabilised in in June after a reaching a six-year high in May, a European Union survey released Friday showed.
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Give thumbs up to price hikes for enviro-friendly kit Results of a survey released Tuesday show that a majority of European consumers are willing to pay that little bit extra for environmentally friendly technology.â¦
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Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, rose for the first month in three after growth accelerated in the second quarter, a survey this month by the market research company GfK AG shows.
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Online merchants are poised to record a much bigger rise in holiday sales than their offline counterparts. Broadband expansion, more luxury gift sales and a rise in late shoppers help the bottom line. By Joanna Glasner.
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Online shoppers are still willing to buy products advertised in spam, indicating that the problem is unlikely to desist anytime soon, a new survey shows.
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Consumers are escalating their purchases on the Internet, but concerns  still remain regarding the safety of online purchases.
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Convenience and bargain-hunting tend to drive younger Americans to online shopping, while all adults share concerns about security and other drawbacks, a new study finds.
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The first raw data on Internet usage yesterday indicate shoppers rode heavy on the net. But there's one important question outstanding: Were those shoppers also purchasers?
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Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces -- and not only because Santa is coming to town.Comment
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European travel agencies are ceding a rising share of their business to the Internet, as consumers grow accustomed to less personal service but more flexibility.
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By RUKI SAYID  ONLINE shoppers have access to 26,000 websites - but most only buy from 10, research has revealed.   Consumers who trawl the high street visit a wider variety of stores than 75 per cent of cybershoppers.
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A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday shows that European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between.
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Online shops look set to have a good Christmas as UK web-users get the online buying habit.
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Vendors and researchers have detected various new trends at play in online retail shopping this holiday season, such as shoppers' increased use of search engines and comparison shopping services to make better informed buying decisions. Not all trends are encouraging, however, such as a disconcertingly high percentage of shoppers willing to buy from spammers.