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Twenga: World Cup: England team losing support at home?London, Jun 01, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- England may have invented the sport, but could they be losing interest in the Three Lions? Twenga reveals that visits to football kits on www.twenga.co.uk have grown just 10% in the run up to the World Cup. In France, visits grew 40%. In Germany, visits leapt 236%. Where is World Cup fever? For individual kit items the picture is grim for England. For football shirts, German visits are up 580% while in England, visits muster a growth of just 35%. Football caps are up 548% in Germany, while in the UK they're up just 113%. In France visits to football t-shirts are up 237%, while England lags behind, rising just 6%. Thanks to Twenga, Internet users can get a 10% off voucher for World Cup merchandise from the official FIFA online store. United Kingdom France Germany Top 10 football items Search growth Search growth Search growth Football shirt +35.2% +64.8% +579.8% Football boots -70.8% +5.8% +83.2% Football goal +106.7% +6.3% +425.5% Footballs +29.9% +38.4% +215.8% Football jacket +13.1% +20.3% +370.3% Football kit +25.1% +41.2% +357.5% Football t-shirt +5.8% +237% +545.3% Football polo shirt +107.5% +44.4% +644% Football cap +113% +245.6% +548.3% Football goal keeper gloves +13.9% +38.9% +254.6% Visits as at 26 May 2010, compared with a month before. About Twenga Twenga, the new-generation search engine enables millions of shoppers throughout the world to find what they want, at the best price, from the online shop of their choice. Thanks to its home-grown technology, Twenga automatically gathers offers from online retailers and displays them in one searchable interface. As a result, Twenga has the most comprehensive listing of online shops. Its search results are objective and not biased by commercial relationships. Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 14 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia and India displaying more than 250 million offerings from more than 100,000 online shops. Twenga's sites receive more than 25 million visits per month. In January 2010, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award which recognizes the 100 most innovative companies in the world. Website: www.twenga.co.uk/ Blog: www.twengablog.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/twenga_uk/ CONTACT: Jodie Welton, Connected PR Tel: +44 (0)7887 780464 e-mail: [email protected] ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. |