Mail Order Express, the largest toy website in Europe, now has more than 8,000 prices reduced in what is most likely the biggest online toy sale, with many prices reduced by up to 35%, even on some of the more expensive toys.

With the frenzied activities of Christmas just over, the clearance sale at the John Lewis website is now in full swing, with the online sale having started on Boxing Day, and in-store from today, 27th December.

In the run-up to Christmas a record-breaking 1.3 million shoppers ordered groceries and presents from Tesco.com, an increase of roughly 30% over last year. The figures provide plenty of evidence that, while some traditional retailers may have seen a slow-down, Internet sales, for Tesco at least, are bouyant.

The Evans online store, catalogue retailer of fashionable clothes in sizes 16+, now has their online sale in full swing, with up to half-price off many items.

Although the Christmas shopping is hopefully all done, visitors to the Avon website can still find plenty of special offers, in fact all the way through from 21st December 2006 to 10th January 2007. We list the top Avon offers.

Order Christmas bouquets by 5pm on 21st December (Thursday) to receive them in time for Christmas and receive free Belgian Chocolates with all courier bouquets this week. Also, free delivery on orders over £99.

While thoughts of online shopping may be far away on Christmas Day, the Argos End of Catalogue Sale (Argos' even bigger version of the traditional January sales) starts on Christmas Day, and is always assured to provide plenty of good prices.

With an eye already past Christmas, JD Williams shopppers will be able to look forward to each of the JD Williams catalogue brands enjoying a technical makeover, with VivaLaDiva being the first to be updated early in the New Year.

The popular Argos Christmas Mega Deal promotions which have been running for the past few weeks are now beginning to look irresistable; this week's deals include £500 off Sony 40'' HD Ready LCD TV's (now £999) and up to half-price on all digital cameras.

For Christmas delivery, Argos orders must be in before 20th December, and last order date for next-day delivery is December 21st, although even after the 21st December, you can still 'Argos it' with the Argos Check & Reserve service.

While many online stores provide discounts on Christmas shipping, John Lewis goes one step further and is currently offering free shipping on all orders, regardless of the value, for a limited period.

If you're still hunting for Christmas gifts, Avon has plenty of gifts in the Avon Christmas Boutique, full of Gifts for Him, Gifts for Her, Gifts for Kids, and Gifts for the Home.

Evans, the fashion company specialising in sizes 16 to 32, are giving 20% off all online purchases over £40 until December 18th, as well as free packaging.

Freemans of London are set to launch in Ireland in January 2007 with two 632 page fashion catalogues a year plus a dedicated Irish website. Several other brands, including Kays and Argos, already have Irish catalogues and websites.

Since early Tuesday, Tesco.com and Tesco Direct have been experiencing some unplanned down-time, with the sites being inaccessible. With UK Internet shopping sales expected to average £4m an hour during the Christmas season, you can be sure that they're working very, very hard to rectify! (now resolved)