There are some data displayed by eBay, which suggests that Brits prefer smaller tablets, as they use thme to shop more often. The uptake in smaller tablets is likely the reason why Brits are shopping more while on the go.
Stats came that about 60% of the tablet that were purchased on eBay in last 3 months were were smaller tablets such as the iPad Mini Retina and Google Nexus 7. About 80 out of 100 british respondent said that they use their devices to shop and 60 out of 100 said that they will do more Christmas shopping because of their new tablet.
Some more information were also gathered by eBay which showed that customers who shop on a tablet typically spends twice as much as it spends while shopping with desktops.