This statistic presents the results of a survey on the leading purchased Christmas gift categories in 2017 by UK consumers. The most popular gifts for 2017 according to respondents included clothes or shoes (52%), food/drink (50%), health & beauty (42%) and toys & games (31%). The gifts least purchased by consumers in 2017 were eReaders, digital cameras, smart home devices and virtual reality headsets, all representing 1% of consumer purchases.
The source adds that 42% of respondents had a total budget of 100-400 British pounds, 14% spent nothing and 4% spent over 1,000 British pounds.
Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017?
* Data collected from YouGov Profiles, a 'connected data vault' which holds data collected from an estimated 300,000 YouGov members. The source does not specify the number of responses received from YouGov Profiles.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017? Please select all that apply."
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YouGov. (December 7, 2018). Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/950537/consumer-popular-christmas-gifts-uk/
YouGov. "Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017?." Chart. December 7, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/950537/consumer-popular-christmas-gifts-uk/
YouGov. (2018). Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/950537/consumer-popular-christmas-gifts-uk/
YouGov. "Which, If Any, of The following Types of Presents Did You Buy to Give over The Christmas Period 2017?." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/950537/consumer-popular-christmas-gifts-uk/
YouGov, Which, if any, of the following types of presents did you buy to give over the Christmas period 2017? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/950537/consumer-popular-christmas-gifts-uk/ (last visited September 25, 2022)
