Year-over-year online sales remain flat first week in April

Online retail sales totaled $819 million for the week ending April 6, virtually unchanged from $817 million for the same week the year earlier, comScore Networks Inc.’s Media Metrix division reports.

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Consumers turned to offline shopping for the week, according to ShopperTrak’s National Retail Sales Estimate for the week ending April 5. Total retail sales that week rose 11.1% vs. the same week last year.

Online travel sales for the week ending April 6 grew 19% to $750 million from $632 million the same week last year, comScore reports.