Online spending continues to increase at a record breaking pace. Cyber Monday the first Monday after Thanksgiving saw online sales reach an all time high of $608 million. The record was short lived. Last Monday, December 4 online sales shot to $647 million according to comScore Networks. That is $39 million more in online spending than on Cyber Monday. It also marks a 26 percent increase over the same day from last year.
Europe Embraces Holiday Shopping Online
This week, comScore Networks released the first in its latest series of studies geared at examining the online shopping activity of European citizens throughout the holiday season.
Holiday Online Retail Rejoices With $11.7B
Heavy Internet traffic to websites was virtually matched by the money people were willing to spend on retailer sites, by almost 25 percent more than last year.
Unprecedented Holiday Traffic On MSN
Shoppers rang in the traditional start of the holiday gift-buying season with unprecedented traffic on MSN Shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Don’t Get Scrooged This Holiday Season
If you despise cold weather, crowded shopping malls and parking lots, or if you simply want to shop in your underwear, doing your holiday shopping online will be your savior. That is, if you know how to shop online without being scrooged.
Holiday Search: A Recipe For Couch-Potatoes
Art imitates life, and vice versa, they say. But in the 21st Century, search behavior may be a better mirror. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving – the face-stuffinest holiday – and to Black Friday – the shoppinest one – searches are what you might expect: all pumpkin pie and Playstations.
Vista Vouchers to Entice Holiday PC Buyers
Microsoft recently announced an Express Upgrade Voucher that will allow consumers who buy Windows XP PCs a less costly upgrade to Windows Vista when it’s released at the end of January.
Yahoo! Cures Holiday Headaches
Yahoo! Tech has tried to make it as painless as possible for holiday shoppers to find gadgets with the launch of it’s holiday gift center.
Ho Ho Dough! $24.3B For Holiday Season
Broadband connections will help online retailers see $24.3 billion in sales for the 2006 holiday shopping period, a 22.1 percent rise over 2005.
Microsoft Offers Holiday Gifts
The company’s delayed release of the Vista operating system and the Office 2007 productivity suite likely lost OEM PC makers some considerable holiday sales, so Microsoft is trying to salvage the season for them by offering discounted upgrades for their two forthcoming products.