Christmas 2014 has already been an eventful one for retailers, and there are still a few weeks to go yet. Above are some of the key stats from the festive season.

Christmas infographic

One of the more worrying stats from many retailers’ perspective is that 63% of shoppers plan to shop with Amazon this year, a stat which came from Retail Week’s Christmas spending report and which suggests the extent to which Amazon has infiltrated pretty much every sector.

Online buying doesn’t stop with Amazon, of course - 83% of shoppers will buy online in some way. And this will lead to a hefty workload for couriers, with 290 million global shipments expected between Black Friday and Christmas Eve.

Christmas and the consumer

What will Christmas 2014 bring for the UK’s shoppers?

Read Retail Week’s digital guide at retail-week.com/consumerchristmas.