Online Holiday Sales Surpass $28 Billion, up 12 Percent from Last Year

The final shopping weekend before Christmas reached $900 million in retail ecommerce spending, representing a strong 17-percent growth rate versus last year. For the holiday season-to-date, $28.36 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. ComScorechairman Gian Fulgoni said, "Although there are still nearly two weeks remaining before the end of the year, holiday spending is inching very close to the total for the entire 2009 holiday season, a sign of just how much the online retail landscape has improved in the past year."