That followed a sales report from retail bellwether John Lewis that showed its own record holiday season.

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The report acts as a bellwether for government behaviour around the world, a Google spokeswoman told the BBC.

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Mary Meeker's Internet Report is often considered a technology bellwether, and it's certainly living up to that reputation in the 2013 study.

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