Free Shipping Day Boosts Online Sales by 61 Percent

Free Shipping Day saw a 61% increase in sales over the corresponding shopping day last year, as over 1,500 online merchants offered free shipping on December 17, 2010, according to research firm ComScore. Last week, holiday sales surpassed $5 billion, an increase of 14 percent versus the corresponding week last year, with four individual days exceeding $900 million, led by Green Monday (December 13) with $954 million, and Free Shipping Day (Friday, December 17) with $942 million in sales. ComScore said Cyber Monday remains the only billion-dollar day on record and is likely to become the heaviest spending day