Web shops are performing better around the holidays – NOS

Shops during saint Nicholas and Christmas performed better than in past years. In december, approximately 390.000 parcels to let worried. In 2015, there were still 460.000. That means a decrease of 15 percent, according to a yearly survey of Q&A under 5500 consumers.

Especially at Christmas, the number of disappointments: from 6 to 4.6 percent. With Sinterklaas, the decline was somewhat less: from 5 to 4.4 percent.

Q&A director Frank Quix mentions the decline is striking. “In 2013 were still a half million packages were late delivered, so as you can see, web stores really are engaged. It is especially to children, of course, also do not have to explain as a gift on the pile is missing, so: “yes, the Saint is too late’.”

According to Quix takes 20 percent of the families where the gift came too late, that the party this truly was ruined.