Online Condom Sales Rise Despite Stiff Competition From Retailers

LONDON, January 5 - The amount of condoms purchased by more than half a million members of
the UK's biggest customer loyalty shopping network has gone up.

Shoppers with froggybank.co.uk (www.froggybank.co.uk/) pushed
online sales up 3 per cent over the last three months, despite a sales push
by traditional offline retailers.

The web sales figures from October to December 2009 were compared to the
same period in 2008.

"We always see condom sales rise in the last quarter of the year, but
this year's sales are higher than usual," explained froggybank.co.uk's
marketing manager Nadeem Azam.

"And that's despite promotions by many traditional retailers keen to hang
onto market share of condoms, as they attract shoppers into store.

"It could be down to a number of factors. Maybe recent safe sex campaigns
are working well. Or maybe more people are choosing a quiet night in as an
inexpensive way to enjoy themselves!"

As the UK's biggest customer loyalty network, froggybank.co.uk has unique
access to comprehensive data about UK online shopping habits.

Shoppers log on to froggybank.co.uk before buying from 2,500 mainstream
online retailers they would normally visit.

They are then rewarded with cashback on their purchases.

Cashback shopping is one of the fastest growing online marketing sectors,
yet still presents massive opportunities for businesses.

Up to 20 million UK shoppers are thought to be unaware they can earn
money back on their purchases.

The cashback is actually the referral fee paid by the retailer to the
cashback site for sending traffic. The site gives it to the shopper.

The froggybank network is the UK's biggest, and consists of 180 websites
led by froggybank.co.uk, the UK's first and only green 100% cashback site.

It pays 100% of the cashback to consumers - most other cashback sites
keep a percentage to cover their costs.

froggybank.co.uk has committed to work with PURE the Clean Planet Trust,
to offset one million tons of carbon by 2012.

That's equivalent to the annual emissions of 180,000 average UK homes.

100% of the cashback paid by retailers can be turned into charitable
donations that will support PURE. Shoppers can alternatively give the money
to another charity, or keep some or all of it for themselves.

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