Wii ousts dive watches
p2pnet news | Product News:- What are you likely to get for Christmas?
If your significant others shop online, forget “strings of pearls, dive watches or flower baskets”.
They’re O-U-T OUT.
At least, that’s what comScore Networks says, quoted in the New York Times.
And partly to blame are “nervous shoppers,” says the story, going on:
“E-commerce executives said consumers, facing uncertain economic conditions at best, could be opting for less frivolous or flashy gifts this year. Carl Prindle, chief executive of Furniture.com, a company based in Waltham, Mass., that oversees the online initiatives of regional furniture companies, said sales this holiday season are up 110 percent over last year.
Teleflora, operator of a network of Web sites for independent florists, “said its sales had increased, but the overall growth obscured some important details,” according to the company is Michael Burgess.
Sales for less expensive items increased significantly, he said, while sales for items ranging from $60 to $100 have dropped, says the NYT, going on:
“Receipts have also been helped by a hot-selling, decorated artificial Christmas tree for $107.”
So, fake trees but no pearls.
However, selling well are video games, consoles and accessories.
“That category jumped by 129 percent, driven by game consoles like the Nintendo Wii, comScore said,” says the story, adding:
“Over all, online sales are expected to increase in the range of 20 percent this year – a threshold that books, music, movies, toys and computers failed to reach. Indeed, of that group, only books managed to come close, with a 16 percent increase.”
Also See:
New York Times – Santa Is Packing More Sofas and Less Jewelry, December 24, 2007
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December 27th, 2007 at 8:09 am
What’s a watch? Is that some fancy word for cellphone?