Online Retail Spending Tops Record $40 Billion
U.S. online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 11 percent over a year ago, according to a new report from comScore. This growth rate is the fifth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second quarter of double-digit growth rates in the past year. “Retail […]
Retailer Provided Best Online Experience During Holidays
Record sales were not the only thing online retailers achieved during the past holiday season, at least not according to a study conducted by Web performance solutions provider AlertSite. E-commerce merchants continue to improve their sites’ performance capabilities during periods of high volume, as exhibited in AlertSite’s 2010… [[ This is a content summary only. […]
UK Online Retailers Score Big On Boxing Day
Many retail sites that cater to people in the UK had a great time of things yesterday. In keeping with tradition (and barring some strange New Year’s Eve surge), new UK-specific Experian Hitwise data shows that Boxing Day turned out to be the busiest day of the year for online retailers. Robin Goad wrote earlier […]
Online Holiday Spending Climbs Past $28 Billion
Christmas came a little early for many online retailers this year, as the final shopping weekend of the holiday season pushed e-commerce sales past $28 billion for the first time ever. Research firm comScore reports that consumers increased their spending…(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other […]
Holiday Spending On the Rise at Online Retailers [STATS]
More numbers are trickling in for the start of the holiday shopping season, specifically as it pertains to online retailers. Specifically, comScore reported on Sunday that online retail spending is up 13 percent in the first 26 days of November…