2009 Online Retail Sales Finished an Estimated 21% Up From 2008

Consumers Like Shopping Online on Mondays

LONDON, January 5 - Retail Decisions (ReD), a world leader in card fraud prevention, payment
processing and card issuing, reports 2009 online retail sales were at an
estimated GBP49.8 billion, up 21% from 2008 as up to thirty-three million
consumers hit their computers.

Carl Clump, CEO of Retail Decisions commented, "In 2009, 30%
of online sales took place in November and December underlining the
importance of the holiday season to retailers. The top five busiest days of
the year, all Mondays, took place over this period. In the UK, Monday, 7th
December was the biggest online shopping day of the year, up 16% on 2008 at
an estimated GBP534 million. For the first time in the UK, a post Christmas
Monday, 28th December, made it onto the list of top performing online days."

"Mondays are the busiest online shopping days due to
consumers' price sensitivity. Shoppers spend their weekends shopping on the
high street, finding the items they want to buy. Then they take to the
internet to find the best deal they can for their chosen items."

    Top Performing Days of 2009
    1. Monday December 7th
    2. Monday December 28th (First post Christmas Monday)
    3. Monday December 14th
    4. Monday November 30th
    5. Monday December 1st

"For the first time in ten years, the latest electronic gadgets didn't
make the top spot of the most popular product of the year. Necessities such
as white goods for the kitchen took the first place followed by laptops,
widescreen TVs, digital cameras, games consoles, MP3 players, NetBooks and
the iPhone 3G."

Notes for Editors:

About ReD

Retail Decisions (ReD) is a world leader in card fraud prevention,
payment processing and card issuing. A specialist supplier to the payments
industry worldwide, ReD has over 20 years experience in the fraud prevention
market. Its blue-chip international clients come from the global
telecommunications, retail, travel, petroleum, banking and the broader
e-commerce sectors. They include, Air China, Bloomingdale's, Boots, Coles,
Comet, Esso, Fedex, FNB, Jet, John Lewis, Louis Vuitton, Macy's, Preem,
Sears, Shell, Shoprite, Target, Tesco, Texaco, Travelocity, T-Mobile,
Wal-Mart, and Virgin Mobile.

The company has offices in Australia, China, Germany, South Africa,
United Kingdom, and United States, with representation in India, Korea,
Japan, and South America.

More information about ReD please visit: www.redplc.com.

Contacts:

    Carl Clump, CEO
    Retail Decisions Ltd
    Tel: +44(0)-1483-728700
    Email: ceo@redplc.com

Angela Yore, SkyParlour Ltd, Mobile : +44-(0)-7738-822956, Office: +44-(0)-1625-525 441, Email : angelayore at skyparlour.com; Carl Clump, CEO, Retail Decisions Ltd, Tel: +44(0)-1483-728700, Email: ceo at redplc.com