The numbers are in. And they look good. It appears that online holiday spending rose slightly this year, by 5 percent, to $27 billion for the shopping season from November 1 through Christmas Eve, according to comScore. For the time period from Black Friday through Christmas Eve, sales showed a slight uptick, rising 3.5 percent.
Online Holiday Spending Reaches $25 Billion; Shows Strong Growth In Consumer Electronics Sales
Leena Rao, TechCrunch
Wed, 12/30/2009 - 9:54am
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