article_snippet.sent: The study, released by the StarTrack Online Retail Industry Awards,  found work will often take a back seat when online shopping is only a click away.
article_snippet.sent: More than 27 per cent of Australians confess to shopping online at work and 3 per cent even took a sick day  to be able to sign for online orders when online orders arrived at home.
article_snippet.sent: More than 27 per cent of Australians confess to shopping online at work and 3 per cent even took a sick day  to be able to sign for online orders when they arrived at home
article_snippet.sent: even extend into the offline world, with 24 per cent of shoppers confessing to trying an item on in-store with the intention of buying an item on in-store online later.
article_snippet.sent: With  savvy shopping skills at play, it's no surprise then that Australians admit Australians are online addicts.
article_snippet.sent: Pairing this alongside a recent Commonwealth Bank survey that found six million Australians were estimated to  shop online at Christmas alone, it seems online is our new go-to shopping choice. '
article_snippet.sent: The relationship our have with our favourite online stores is personal and is at times extremely intimate,' Executive Chairman of the National Online Retailers Association Paul Greenberg said. '
article_snippet.sent: so it's no wonder the number of Australians shopping online is continuing to grow year on year. '
article_snippet.sent: To celebrate that special, unspoken bond between customers and online stores, we're asking people to wear people heart on people sleeve and vote this month for people favourite Australian online retailer in the StarTrack ORIAS People's Choice Awards.'
highlights_snippet.sent: 27 per cent confess to sneakily shopping online at work .
  