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Travel websites hit by pre-Christmas shift
Travel companies were over taken by high street retailers in the latest IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List.
The list ranks retail websites by popularity, according to the number of visits they get.
This pre-Christmas edition of the Hot Shops List is always characterised by rises in event tickets, fashion, groceries and computers.
But Hitwise said travel has fallen even further than it normally does at this time of year.
Here is the top 50 list:
1 Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk
2 Argos www.argos.co.uk
3 Play.com play.com
4 Tesco.com www.tesco.com
5 Marks & Spencer www.marksandspencer.com
6 Amazon.com www.amazon.com
7 Next www.next.co.uk
8 Dell EMEA www.euro.dell.com
9 Tesco Direct direct.tesco.com
10 Ticketmaster UK www.ticketmaster.co.uk
11 Currys www.currys.co.uk
12 easyJet www.easyjet.co.uk
13 John Lewis www.johnlewis.com
14 ASOS www.asos.com
15 RyanAir www.ryanair.com
16 Expedia.co.uk www.expedia.co.uk
17 HMV.co.uk www.hmv.co.uk
18 lastminute.com www.lastminute.com
19 Ebuyer www.ebuyer.com
20 Apple Computer www.apple.com
21 GAME shop.game.net
22 Thomson Holidays www.thomson.co.uk
23 PC World www.pcworld.co.uk
24 Comet UK www.comet.co.uk
25 ASDA www.asda.co.uk
26 Woolworths UK www.woolworths.co.uk
27 B&Q www.diy.com
28 Debenhams www.debenhams.com
29 Boots www.boots.com
30 Topshop www.topshop.co.uk
31 Screwfix Direct www.screwfix.com
32 River Island www.riverisland.com
33 Odeon Cinemas www.odeon.co.uk
34 Littlewoods www.littlewoods.com
35 Sainsbury’s www.sainsburys.com
36 Toys ‘R’ Us – UK www.toysrus.co.uk
37 LOVEFiLM www.lovefilm.com
38 British Airways www.britishairways.com
39 QVCUK.com www.qvcuk.com
40 HP www.hp.com
41 Seetickets www.seetickets.com
42 Vue Entertainment www.myvue.com
43 Thomas Cook www.thomascook.com
44 The Orange Shop shop.orange.co.uk
45 IKEA www.ikea.com
46 New Look www.travelrepublic.co.uk
47 O2 Shop shop.o2.co.uk
48 Travelodge UK www.travelodge.co.uk
49 Carphone Warehouse www.carphonewarehouse.com
50 M and M Direct www.mandmdirect.com
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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