Online sales for the week ending Oct. 2 grew 21%, reaching $1.56 billion from $1.29 billion a year ago, comScore Networks Inc. reports.
By comparison, total retail sales for the week ending Oct. 1 were up 0.7% from the same week a year ago, reports ShopperTrak’s National Retail Sales Estimate.
Third quarter online sales were up 20.4% over last year’s third quarter, reaching $18.2 billion from $15.1 billion a year ago, according to comScore numbers. Sales in the first three quarters of the year were up 23.6% vs. last year, reaching $54.87 billion from $44.4 billion.
Online travel sales for week ending Oct. 3 were up 12% to $1.29 billion from $1.14 billion in the corresponding week a year ago, comScore reports.
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