Online Shopping Increases, Malls And Stores Report OK Sales
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Minneapolis (WCCO) Were you part of the shopping opener this weekend? Malls and department stores report sales were not spectacular.
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Online buying continues to snowball, according to the results of a recent America Online survey. This year, for the first time, Americans who regularly use the Internet for shopping -- researching
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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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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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Investor's Business Daily - Brisk buying of video games and DVDs gave online retailers a leg up this holiday. But while they didn't end up with the lump of coal that offline stores got, their sales growth likely fell short of last year.
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Online shopping traffic certainly increased on Monday over the previous Friday, according to sources directly involved in generating that traffic, though surveys show shoppers may not be spenders.
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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.
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US retail sales over the Internet rose 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and gained 23.1 percent compared with the same period last year as consumers continued to turn to e-commerce to make purchases, a government report ...
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n Overall fourth-quarter retail sales this year are expected to be 6.5 percent higher than last year&#39;s -- the biggest increase since 1999.
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Online retail sales continue to show significant growth, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Commerce.
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Chain store sales rose more than  expected last week mainly due to back-to-school shopping, in a  sign that consumers continue to spend despite a weaker economy,  two reports showed on Tuesday.
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Last-minute shoppers saved the Christmas season for retailers with a surge of spending last week. Sales were up 11.6 percent for the week compared with last year, according to ShopperTrak.
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By Andria Cheng  U.S. retailers like Wal-Mart Stores and Federated Department Stores are pushing Internet sales this holiday season with Web site overhauls and increased investment - and for good reason.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week, a report said on Tuesday.
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Retail sales in Britain jumped higher in November, driven by online and mail order shopping, official data showed Friday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week as a holiday weekend gave Americans more time  to shop, a report said on Tuesday.
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Chain store retail sales rose in the  latest week, as Super Bowl purchases and a New York State tax  holiday helped drive sales, a retail report said on Tuesday.