Retail Internet Sales Climb 26%
Published December 5th, 2005
Shoppers, intent on skipping crowded stores and 6 am. squabbles over the last bargain laptop, spent 26% more money online over the Thanksgiving weekend than they did in 2004, according to figures released last week.
Consumers spent $925 million on retail Web sites from Thursday to Sunday, nudging online purchases since Nov. 1 up 24% over 2004, according to comScore Networks, a market research firm.
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