ComScore Reports Ecommerce Spending Up 9% in Q2

ComScore released estimates for second quarter retail ecommerce sales that showed online retail spending reached $32.9 billion for the quarter, up 9 percent versus year ago. This growth rate represented the third consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth following a year of flat or negative growth rates. ComScore chairman Gian Fulgoni said, "We remain cautiously optimistic heading into the second half of the year, but we will be keeping a close eye on unemployment rates, which along with potential uncertainty in the stock market could limit growth in e-commerce spending in the near term." Among the top-performing online product