The number of Britons buying goods and services on the internet has more than doubled since the start of the year, according to research published today.
The number of online shoppers in the UK rose from 2.26m in January to 4.7m now, the study says.
People were also buying via their computers more often, with 1.45m consumers making four or more purchases online since the beginning of the year.
The most popular items were holidays, books, computer games and music, said the survey, produced by global information company Experian, which questioned more than 500,000 internet users.
The research showed that online shoppers were mainly young and wealthy. It said that 37% of internet shoppers surveyed said they did not consider the worldwide web to be a valuable educational resource.
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