More in this HEXUS.headline.One flat-panel TV set was sold every 1.7 seconds in the UK in the week before the World Cup, according to market-research organisation GfK.
During what GfK calls the "five weeks of the World Cup" (27/05 - 01/07), £337m was splashed out on flat-panel sets, helping to drive growth in consumer electronics by a staggering 30 per cent in June alone.