Holiday Online Receipts Are Strong, but Reflect a Decline in Rate of Growth
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Holiday e-commerce sales were robust, but, with sales growth of 19 percent, showed their slowest-ever growth, industry analysts projected.
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Spending by Americans shopping  online during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent from a  year earlier to $8.8 billion, with sharp gains in purchases of  clothing and entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O  said on Thursday.
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EBay was the online winner this  "Black Friday," data published on Saturday showed, but overall  Internet traffic growth was well below last year's even as  bargain hunters tracked down sought-after toys and electronics  on the Web before "Cyber Monday."
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U.S. holiday shoppers continue to turn to the Internet when searching for presents for family and friends, according to data released Thursday by VeriSign.
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Online holiday shoppers this year are making cash registers jingle and meeting analysts&#39; expectations as they spent $8.8 billion in November, researchers said Monday.
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Web holiday sales are up 24 percent over a year ago, says comScore. However it is believed the shopping season may extend longer online this season as consumers appear to be confident that expedient shipping would get their gifts in time.
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Tempted by lower prices and a wide selection of goods, U.S. shoppers clamored to the Web this holiday season, spending $23.2 billion, or 25 percent more than in the previous year, according to a survey released this week.
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U.S. consumer Web spending rose 30 percent on the Monday after Thanksgiving, which is traditionally seen as the start of the online holiday shopping season, comScore Networks said on Wednesday.
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Researcher says U.S. shoppers will fork out $13.2 billion online this season, but year-over-year increases are slipping.
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Online merchants are poised to record a much bigger rise in holiday sales than their offline counterparts. Broadband expansion, more luxury gift sales and a rise in late shoppers help the bottom line. By Joanna Glasner.
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This season&#39;s dismal holiday-sales numbers may be hiding strong results from online operations, home improvement, consumer electronics and luxury stores that can offset the nation&#39;s mall malaise.
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(Corrects headline to show Web traffic growth, not Web  sales, fell on Black Friday)
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Gift cards, one of the most popular holiday purchases, can lose value if not used quickly
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U.S. online consumer spending from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 was up 19% from the same time last year, according to comScore.
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Retail sales during the important Thanksgiving weekend showed some strength, with sales measures released Monday reflecting year-over-year growth.
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Market research firm reports online spending was strong this holiday season, up 19 percent from last year.
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InfoWorld - Mixed economic news and forecasts of weak IT spending for at least the beginning of next year caused IT investor confidence to waver this week, though upbeat analyst presentations from Cisco and AT&T and online e-commerce figures brought some cheer to the holiday season.