Black Friday Online Spending Hit Record $1.2 Billion

Online spending on Black Friday increased 15% to a record $1.20 billion as more consumers opted to shop from their couches rather than battling long lines at stores.
Total ecommerce sales reached $20.6 billion in the first 29 days of this holiday season, according to ComScore Inc. That’s about a 3.1% increase from Nov. 1 to Black Friday last year, the research firm’s data showed, noting that 2013 numbers include a few more shopping days because Thanksgiving fell on a later date this year.
Consumers are spending more time browsing and buying from smartphones and tablets, on top of the hours they already devote to shopping via the web on laptop and desktop computers. That’s translating into faster growth in online sales. Read more...More about Online Shopping, Shopping, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, and Us

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