E-Commerce Spending on Black Friday Jumps 42%, says comScore
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Up 42% |
During the first 24 days of November this year, total online retail spending reached $8.31 billion, a 23% jump from $6.75 billion during the same period in 2005. Online sales on Black Friday, the day-after thanksgiving, increased 42% from last year to $434 million, according to comScore Networks most recent data on consumer online non-travel (retail) spending at U.S. sites during the 2006 holiday season, which began November 1, 2006. |
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comScore Networks
2006 E-Commerce Forecast |
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2005 |
2006 |
Pct Change |
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January – October |
$62.6 |
$77.5 |
24% |
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Holiday Season (Nov-Dec) |
$19.6 |
$24.3* |
24%* |
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comScore Networks. *comScore Networks forecast Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate Purchases |
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