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Christmas shopping
As Christmas approaches, a recent report reveals that more and more people are doing their shopping
online. Will Christmas this year be a success for high street retailers?
1
Which speaker is most like you? Explain your answer to a partner.
(A)
“I did my Christmas
shopping ages ago!”
(B)
“I always shop
at the last
minute.”
(C)
“I do most of
my Christmas
shopping online!”
(D)
“We’ve given up
buying Christmas
presents completely!”
2
Guess the answers in this list of statistics from a recent report. Check your answers in paragraph 2 of the article.
Report: Shopping online (UK)
a)
5%
/
15%
/
25%
/
35%
of people in the UK prefer to do their Christmas shopping online
b)
20%
/
30%
/
40%
/
50%
of people will do some of their Christmas shopping online
(Based on research
by Mintel)
Online shopping
The British certainly like to spend money on Christmas
presents – figures suggest they spend as much as £600 on
gifts, double that for people in Germany and France. It seems
only the Americans spend more! Perhaps that’s also because
of the British love for ‘debt’, and the use of loans and credit
cards at Christmas time.
published the largest bound book of the 20
th
Century. At
500mm by 700mm, it comes with it’s own display table. The
original price was £1,500 … rather expensive for most of us.
How about sushi plates from Tokyo? Or clothes from
Florence? The web has enabled us to view the world as a
giant shopping bazaar – despite shipping costs and
occasional extra charges such as customs duties and tax.
A new survey of 1,000 people in the UK has revealed that
15% of people actually prefer to do their Christmas shopping
online. This is up 5% on last year’s figures. Almost 40% of
people will buy some of their gifts online – nearly twice as
many as five years ago. Music CDs, DVDs and computer
games are among the most popular items chosen on the web.
Meanwhile, out on the High street, stores are hoping for a
late surge in shoppers this year because Christmas Eve falls
on a Saturday. Many people expect to be still doing their
Christmas shopping on the Saturday. Last year, some shops
started their sales before Christmas in a desperate bid to
encourage people to spend. For many, this time of year has
become too commercial. As more shoppers avoid queues by
shopping online, will Christmas 2005 be a busy time for
retailers?
What about buying presents for those people who ‘have
everything’? A new market seems to have emerged in ‘once-
in-a-lifetime’ books. In 2000, the German publisher
Taschen
3
Now read the whole article. Which presents are mentioned? Does anything in the article surprise you?
4
Complete the tables below. Mark the word stress. Use some of the words to create sentences about your company.
NOUN
VERB
NOUN
VERB
NOUN
VERB
survey
(a)
tax
(e)
(i)
to buy
product
(b)
loan
(f)
market
(j)
(c)
to retail
(g)
to sell
charge
(k)
bid
(d)
surge
(h)
price
(l)
5
Discuss the following questions in small groups. Be ready to report your ideas to the class.
(a)
What would be your ideal Christmas present?
(b)
What would you buy for ‘the person who has everything’?
(c)
Do you think that nowadays Christmas is too commercial? Justify your answer.
This page has been downloaded from www.businessenglishonline.net.
It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Copyright
Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005.
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