London 13th December 2007, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that supermarkets have increased their share of the UK online retail market in the run up to Christmas.
London 5th December, Hitwise the leading online competitive intelligence service, today revealed that the Nintendo Wii was the most searched for product by UK Internet shoppers during November.
Hitwise today (27 November) publishes the latest IMRG-HITWISE HOT SHOPS LIST, which ranks by popularity, as indicated by visits, the top 50 UK e-retailers* selling goods and services within the IMRG Capgemini Index Classification* in October 2007.
London 15th November, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that high street retailers received over half of all UK Internet visits to online retailers during October.
London 31st October 2007, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that Apple's iPhone is the most searched for mobile phone in the UK.
London 22nd October, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that the amount of UK Internet traffic online retailers receive from social networks increased by 153% between December 2006 and September 2007.
London, 15th October Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that for the week ending 13th October there were more UK Internet searches for the term ‘rugby’ than the term ‘football’ for the first time in two years, following the England rugby teams semi-final victory over France this weekend.
London 23rd August 2007, A recent comprehensive study by Hitwise UK, the leading online competitive intelligence service, comparing UK Internet searches for overseas property and estate agents for the four weeks ending 4th August 2007 to the same period in 2006, has revealed searches for property to buy overseas have increased by 24% from the same period in 2006.
London 14th August 2007, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that UK consumers rushed online on Friday for information on the financial market turmoil. Friday 10th August was the busiest day since Budget Day ...
London 8th August 2007 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that Liverpool Football Club is the most popular Premier League football club on the Internet ahead of this weekend’s start to the season.
London 25th July 2007 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that whilst retailers are suffering on the high street, Internet visits are on the rise as UK consumers are avoiding poor weather to shop online.
London 4th July 2007, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reports that the London and Kent start to the Tour de France has led to increased interest in the event, with UK Internet visits to the Tour de France websites (www.letour.com and www.tourdefrancelondon.com) up four fold last week compared with the week before the start of the race last year
London 28th June 2007, From the warmest April to record rainfall in June, UK weather is increasingly unpredictable and whilst the debate rages about the cause and effect of climate change, Hitwise analysis reveals that UK consumers are ...
London 20th June 2007 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that the Entertainment category has overtaken the Retail category in share of UK Internet visits for the first time.
London 11th June 2007 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that the term "bebo" has become the #1 search term based on volume of UK Internet searches, overtaking "ebay", which has held the spot for all but one week in the past two years.
London 23rd May, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that interest in Ryanair's week long "free flight" sale has pushed the site to take the #1 spot in the Commercial Airlines category based on weekly visits, ahead of easyJet for only the second time in the last two years.
London, May 22, 2007. According to Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, MySpace and Bebo continued to dominate the UK social networking category in April 2007, with 67% of category visits.
London 17th May 2007, Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that UK Internet users aged 55+, the so-called silver surfers, are set to overtake 35-44 year olds as the demographic age group with the largest representation online.
London, 2nd May Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reports that the "Moss mania" currently sweeping the UK culminated in www.topshop.co.uk achieving its highest rank and share of visits of the past year.
London, 11th April 2007, Today's redesign of the homepage for Facebook comes at a busy time for the social network. According to Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, Facebook (www.facebook.com) became the 20th most visited website based on share of UK Internet visits for the week ending 7th April 2007.
London, 27th March 2007, Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, today announced the most popular websites from more than 50 categories in the UK during 2006.
London, 26th March 2007 -The latest statistics from Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, reveals that UK consumers are increasingly searching for Disneyland Paris and Lanzarote as they prepare for the Easter long-weekend.
London, 21st March 2007 - With the UK release of the latest gaming console launching Friday, UK consumers have turned to the Internet in search of deals on the PlayStation 3.
London, 16th March 2007 To coincide with Red Nose Day, dubbed "The Big One", Hitwise data reveals that the Walkers Crisps walkEARS website (www.walkears.com) and the official Comic Relief Red Nose Day website (www.rednoseday.com) have seen their market share of UK Internet visits soar.
London, 6th March 2007, The latest analysis from Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, reveals that on Friday, the Take That tour caused an online stampede among 25-34 year old women eager to get their hands on the much-coveted tickets.
London, 27th February 2007, New data from Hitwise, the leading provider of online competitive intelligence, reveals that the News and Media category of websites was among the fastest growing categories year-on-year in January.
London 22nd February 2007, The latest analysis from Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, reveals that search engines have overtaken adult websites in share of UK Internet visits.
London, 29th January 2007, Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, today announces the top search terms for 2006 in the UK.
London, 16th January 2007 - As the news broke last week that the Beckhams were taking on LA, UK and US internet users turned to the web for the latest information on one of sport's biggest ever deals and to find out about David Beckham's new club.
London, 11th January 2007, Hitwise, the leader in online competitive intelligence, today releases its monthly data for visits to retail websites in the UK over the Christmas period, revealing that High Street retailers such as Marks & Spencer, HMV.co.uk and Woolworths were among the top performers online in December.