Shopping

The number of UK shoppers that will shop online this Christmas is set to hit 86 per cent, according to research from networking specialist VeriSign.

From a personal point of view - online shopping is extremely convenient and in my case quite dangerous as I like to contually click "add to cart" because I'm not physically carrying any of the shopping. I often have to go through my list of purchases and delete a few because I am just buying for the sake of it.

I was at lunch today with our good friends at OKI, and after some serious business orientated talk for the majority of the meal (ahem, honest) we turned our attention to the hard hitting subject of online shopping (among others).

Everyone was in agreement that it is a good concept, until I spoiled things by bringing up the problem of collecting the parcels at the other end.

Smart people get their goods delivered to their office rather than home, but if like me you commute and use a bike to get through central London - there is little point ordering a load of stuff and then having to lug it back - you may as well buy it in the shops in the first place.

So I'm not sure how convenient online shopping really is - unless I can guarantee delivery on a Saturday morning.

One thing is for sure - my poor neighbours are fed up with taking in parcels for me!