Final tally: Consumers spent $29B online over the holidays
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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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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.
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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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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.ComScore measured the holiday season spending from November 1 to December 27 -- a 57-day period. But it wasn&#39;t just the days leading up to Christmas that drew shoppers to the online marketplace, the company said.&quot;Even as the holiday shopping season winds down after Christmas, we continue to see some relatively strong online spending days,&quot; said comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni.ComScore said they saw sales of $545 million the day after Christmas. That represents more than double the sales for the same day last year. &quot;This would appear to indicate that consumers were willing, and able, to take advantage of the attractive late-season promotions and price discounts offered by retailers this year,&quot; said Fulgoni.ComScore expects the spending spree to continue. In its forecast the company expects spending for the November to December shopping season to reach $29. 5 billion, a 20 percent increase over the same period last year.Macworld.com is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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OTTAWA (CP) - With the holiday buying season in full swing, Statistics Canada reports that we spent a bundle last year on new electronic devices.
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Online retailers had a better-than-expected start to the holiday season, according to one Internet research firm that tracks online sales.
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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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By Mick Zawislak Daily Herald Staff Writer  The holiday shopping season has begun and many purchases will be made online. Finding merchants you can trust and taking steps to protect your privacy are important this time of year, according to the Chicago Better Business Bureau.
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Americans lost at least $548 million  to identity theft and consumer fraud last year as the Internet  provided new victims for age-old scams, according to government  statistics released Tuesday.
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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.
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Consumer spending on Internet video streams and movie downloads will expand fortyfold to about $4.1 billion by 2011 as technology emerges to connect television sets to the Web, according to a study. Spending will rise from about $112 million last year, according to the Adams Media Research study.
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Best Buy customers snatched up $2,000 flat-screen TVs, Neiman Marcus shoppers made a run on $1,000 handbags and Costco members tracked down every last $100 cashmere sweater, but the luxury buying binge did not spare the retail industry a weaker-than-expected holiday shopping season.
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Post-holiday discounts and shoppers  redeeming gift cards helped boost retail sales 14 percent for  the last full week of December, according to data released on  Wednesday.
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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
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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 ...
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'Disconnect' exists between spend and consumer activity DLD08 The amount of money companies spend on the Internet remains out of sync with the extent to which consumers are using it, claims WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell. Speaking at the opening of the DLD08 conference in Munich yesterday, Sorrell said that his company's clients spend about 10 per cent of their budgets on digital media, whereas consumers now spend 20 per cent of their time online - there is "a disconnect that has to correct," Sorrell said.â¦
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Spending by Americans shopping online  during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent to $8.8  billion, with sharp gains in purchases of clothing and  entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. said on Thursday.