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London – July 29th, 2010. This year’s baby toy trend is for physical toys that improve co-ordination and wellbeing, over traditional toys and those boosting brainpower, reveals Twenga (http://www.twenga.co.uk), the new generation search engine.
In just one month, visits to baby play mats rocketed 297%, baby walkers rose 129%, and baby gyms were up 116%. While the big [...]

Plus UV Manicure Lamps boosting up 850%
New York – July 26, 2010 – Summer time means sandals, flip flops and open toe pumps and therefore, flawless nails: searches for nail polish surged by 179% in the past 30 days on Twenga, (http://www.twenga.com) the next-generation shopping search engine. Also visits on UV Manicure Lamps are up by 850%, [...]

London – July 22nd, 2010. UK shoppers are making a last minute dash for that summer beach body as searches for fitness equipment such as cardio riders increased by 257% in just a month, reveals Twenga (http://www.twenga.co.uk) the next-generation shopping search engine.
Visits to cross trainers were up 171%, with rowing machines up 142%, and exercise bikes up [...]

US campers ready themselves for a hot summer
New York – July 20, 2010 – On Twenga, (http://www.twenga.com) the next-generation shopping search engine, search for camping equipment increased by 150% in the past 30 days. Twenga’s Top 10 for camping gear include: the Ice Chest in first position (visits up 209%), the Flashlight in second (up 178%) followed [...]

Neoprene is most popular choice of iPad case, with brown, pink or purple as top searched for colours
London – July 13th, 2010. Brits are choosing the top 64GB memory capacity when searching for an iPad online, reveals Twenga (http://www.twenga.co.uk), the new-generation shopping search engine. Visitors to www.twenga.co.uk prefer the highest spec memory, followed by the iPad 32GB [...]

Visits for intense pulsed light (IPL) method up 100%, while painful wax up only 30%

London – July 12th, 2010. Searches for new painless IPL (intense pulsed light) hair removers have doubled in just one month, reveals Twenga (http://www.twenga.co.uk) the next-generation shopping search engine.
Searches for IPL hair removers are rising much faster than traditional, more painful [...]

Online searches for crib bumpers, canopies and pillows jump more than 800%
New York – July 12, 2010 – It’s no surprise that babies are on the brain for a large percentage of Americans this summer, as more babies are born in August than any other month of the year. This could also explain why online searches for [...]

Brits will be swinging this summer, with hammock chairs their classy new favourite
London – June 30th, 2010. The hammock chair is this summer’s must-have, reveals Twenga (http://www.twenga.co.uk), the next-generation shopping search engine. Visitors to this stylish reinvention of the classic hammock have leaped 363% in a month.
The favourite materials are rattan and wicker, with users opting [...]

Average basket of back-to-school kit twice as expensive as in France
London – June 21st, 2010 – A standard basket of school supplies costs £195 this year, compared to £153 in 2009, a dramatic rise of 30% during a time of shrinking household budgets. This discovery comes from the annual school supplies price study by Twenga.co.uk, [...]

High Street brands like Paul Smith and Timberland are the favourites
London – June 17, 2010 – A five-fold increase in searches for the traditional brogue confirms its status as the re-invented casual must have this year, reveals Twenga (http://twenga.co.uk), the new generation search engine. Searches for brogues are up 489% compared to last month. The top searched [...]