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Released: December 22, 2011
How people shopped online this holiday season
Source: Claire Cain Miller, N.Y.Times (Free Registration)
Little time remains for online shoppers to have gifts delivered in time for Christmas, and sales numbers for online shopping this season are arriving. The trends are clear: shoppers spent much more money online this year than last year, and they did a lot of their shopping on tablets like the iPad.
So far this holiday season, shoppers have spent $32 billion online, 15 percent more than last year, according to comScore. Last week was the heaviest online shopping week on record, and last weekend was the second-heaviest weekend. Though most sales from now to Christmas will take place in physical stores, some Web sites are still offering expedited shipping and online retailers will most likely sell another $5 billion to $6 billion in goods through the end of December, comScore said.
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