LONDON, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Statistics from Past Times, a store specialising in retro gifts, clothing and accessories, highlight a huge increase in interest in vintage products in recent months.  

Examining the volume of traffic coming to their website from Google (that contained the search word 'vintage'), Past Times found a whopping 44% annual increase for Q2 2012.

Searches for the term 'vintage' in Google's UK search engine have increased in total by 32% since the end of 2010. (source: Google Insights for Search)

Past Times have also reported a huge increase in traffic to their site from SEO searches for specific vintage items over the same period:

• 'Vintage Homeware' increased in visits by 300%

• 'Vintage home accessories' grew by 149%

• Visits for 'Vintage jewellery', one of the store's most popular categories of products, saw an increase of 350%

Steve Jones of Past Times tells us that:  

"The number of people in the UK looking for 'vintage items' online has increased steadily and significantly over the last decade. The last few years in particular have seen an almost exponential rise."

"Our research shows a change in consumer behaviour in terms of product trends and it seems that the time really is now for vintage and retro.

And that suits us at Past Times just fine."

Notes to editors:

Past Times specialises in vintage items and features a wide range of unique gifts; from decorative ornaments to garden statues, from homeware to vintage clothing.  

For PR enquiries, please contact:
Service@pasttimes.com
+44(0)845-241-6644

SOURCE Past Times