Survey highlights online and cross-border savings on gifts

Price-wary consumers can make major savings on popular Christmas toys and gifts by shopping online or travelling to Northern Ireland, a new survey confirmed today.

A Christmas pricing survey from the European Consumer Centre (ECC) found popular items – including the children’s toy, Roboraptor, the Desperate Housewives DVD, a Samsung A6 digital camera and a 27-inch Bush Widescreen LCD television – cost less outside the state.