Report: Online holiday spending nears $28 billion
640124
A report from market research firm comScore pegs the amount of&#160;online spending this holiday season&#160;at nearly $28 billion, a 19 percent gain over the same period last year.
139087
Young Americans spend more than 72 hours a week using the Internet, cell phones, television, music and video games, a study says.
108177
Researcher says U.S. shoppers will fork out $13.2 billion online this season, but year-over-year increases are slipping.
12184
Online advertising spending in Britain  surged 40.3 percent to 917.2 million pounds ($1.72 billion) in  the first half of 2006 compared to last year, giving it a  market share of 10.5 percent, new data showed on Wednesday.
86757
U.S. buyers shopped aggressively online on Monday and Tuesday of this week, spending significantly more than they did on the comparable days last year, according to comScore.Online retail spending hit $700 million on Monday, up 33 percent from last year, and $670 million on Tuesday, up 25 percent, the Web-monitoring company said Thursday.During the first 48 days of the holiday shopping season -- Nov. 1 to Dec. 18 -- U.S. shoppers have spent almost $25 billion in online retail purchases, up 19 percent from the same period last year, according to comScore.As Christmas day approaches, the intensity of online shopping will ease up, although late-shipping deals, in-store pickup options and price reductions should keep growth rates strong in the remainder of the holiday season, comScore said.The company expects online spending during the holidays to reach $29.5 billion, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the 2006 season.Meanwhile, Nielsen Online said Wednesday that a majority of online shoppers it surveyed reported being either &quot;very satisfied&quot; or &quot;somewhat satisfied&quot; with the customer support they received from online shopping Web sites.Nielsen Online&#39;s survey found that of the 46 percent of respondents who had posted or planned to post reviews about their online shopping experience, 88 percent said those reviews were, or would be, positive.Netflix topped the survey&#39;s customer satisfaction list, having been rated &quot;very satisfied&quot; by 90.3 percent of respondents, and was followed by comparison-shopping site NexTag.com (87 percent), giant e-tailer Amazon.com (86.6 percent), Yahoo Shopping (84.3 percent) and Kohls.com (84.1 percent). Rounding out the top 10 were Barnesandnoble.com, HomeDepot.com, Circuitcity.com, eBay.com, and JCPenney.com.On the other end of the spectrum, sites that in recent days have been flagged for buckling under the strong holiday-season traffic include Mastercard.com and Macys.com.Macys.com&#39;s home page faced slowdowns throughout Tuesday, taking, at its worst, about 38 seconds to load, compared with the usual 2 seconds, according to Web site uptime and availability tracker Gomez.Apparently, while experiencing availability problems, Macys.com has been serving up a page telling shoppers that the site is crowded and that they have to wait until traffic decreases in order to be let in. An apparent screenshot of this page was posted by The Consumerist blog on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Mastercard.com has racked up downtime of almost five hours between Nov. 9 and Dec. 20, equivalent to uptime of 99.5 percent for that period, according to Pingdom, which also tracks Web site performance. As such, Mastercard.com has performed significantly worse than sites from competing credit-card companies like Discover, Visa, Diners Club, and American Express, all of which have had uptime above 99.9 percent during this period, Pingdom said Thursday.Neither Macy&#39;s nor MasterCard immediately responded to requests for comment.
582660
Online retailers sold $14.8 billion worth of goods and services between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, a 29 percent increase over the comparable period in 2003, according to statistics released this week by ComScore Networks. The increase was particularly pronounced in the week before Christmas. -The Washington Post
471389
Annual consumer spending on Internet  downloads of movies and TV shows will top $4 billion in 2011,  up from just $111 million last year, according to a study  released on Wednesday by Adams Media Research.
446323
U.S. spending on Web advertising and Internet access expected to increase by double digits through 2011.
186309
U.S. online retailers rang up holiday sales of $23.2B between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, up 25% from the same period in 2003, according to a survey released today by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings.
696428
More online shoppers are happy with their Web-buying experiences this year, according to Foresee Results --  and holiday spending on the Web is up 19% over 2006 levels.
456577
Market research firm reports online spending was strong this holiday season, up 19 percent from last year.
761292
Online Holiday Shopping Sales Increase Sharply in 2004  The latest holiday online sales forecast numbers are up and running with predicitions all having online sales rise, anywhere from 19% to almost 30% over results from 2003. comScore Networks predicts that online consumer spending for November and December will total between $15.1 ...
584913
Online consumers in the United States spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a 19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year earlier, a report released Monday said.
329389
Online sales are expected to rise  20 percent this year to &#36;211 billion, with pet supplies and  cosmetics experiencing leading growth, according to a report to  be published on Tuesday.
58000
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.
180140
Online consumers in the United States spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a 19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year earlier, a report released on Monday said.
481748
The e-tailer has another big holiday season.