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Travel websites hit by pre-Christmas shift
Travel companies were overtaken 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 20 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 www.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
Theodore Koumelis - Wednesday, November 26, 2008