Brits ready to hit the beach

July 11, 2011 - PRLog -- London, July 7th 2011 – Twenga, the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online, reports a rise in visits for summer toys and beach accessories, revealing Brits getting ready to swap their work suits for a swimsuit.

An 89% increase in visits for baby floats suggests that Brits want to share the fun with their youngest on the beach or in the pool whilst ensuring their safety. Beach tents, that, along with appropriate sunscreen, offer protection from the sun, have registered an 82% increase.

Summer picnics are as popular as ever this year, as picnic backpacks have seen a 73% rise in searches. Finally, with a 72% increase in visits, water guns are another summer favourite.  

Source: Visits on Twenga.co.uk from June 21st to July 2nd 2011 compared with previous two weeks.

About Twenga

Twenga is the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online.
Thanks to its proprietary technology, Twenga gathers on its websites all retailers, products and prices it finds on the Web.

Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 15 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia, Japan and China among others, displaying 400 million offerings from more than 200,000 online shops. Twenga’s sites received 45 million visits in November 2010. In the same year, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award, the Young Technology Leader Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Company of the Future Category.

Website: www.twenga.co.uk/
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/twenga_uk/


For more information please contact:

Clémence Hainaut
Clemence.hainaut@twenga.com
+331 55 34 79 64

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Twenga is the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online.
Thanks to its proprietary technology, Twenga gathers on its websites all retailers, products and prices it finds on the Web.
Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 15 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia, Japan and China among others, displaying 400 million offerings from more than 200,000 online shops. Twenga’s sites received 45 million visits in November 2010. In the same year, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award, the Young Technology Leader Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Company of the Future Category.