Three years into a recession and a lumpy recovery, consumers aren’t getting comfort from retail therapy. They’re price-shopping online and jumping in and out of stores. So, bricks-and-motor merchants are looking for ways to mak…
So far this holiday season, U.S. online retail spending is up 12% from a year ago. More people took to the Internet last weekend to finish up their last-minute shopping, according to a ComScore report.
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More shoppers are flocking to the Web for the holidays, boosting online retail sales 12% over a year ago. In five weeks ending Dec. 3, Americans spent $17.5 billion on retail items on the Web, up from $15.7 billion in the year-…
Online purchases hit $41.5 billion in the third quarter, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The ease and convenience of shopping online means that Internet purchases made up more than 4% of U.S. retail sales in the third quarter, acco…