Online sales start year with a bang, up 23% vs. year ago
Online retail sales for the week ending Jan. 9 reached $1.4 billion, up 23% over $1.14 billion the corresponding week a year ago, comScore Networks Inc. reports.
Total retail sales the week ending Jan. 8 were up 12.5% over the same week a year ago, reports ShopperTrak’s National Retail Sales Estimate. ShopperTrak says the strong performance that week was the result of gift card redemptions and post-Christmas sales.
Online travel sales the week ending Jan. 9 were up 39% over the corresponding week a year ago, reaching $1.15 billion from $830 million, comScore reports.
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