study by comScore,<\/a> between December 8-14, approximately $6.9 billion was spent online, representing an 11 percent increase from the same week last year. Four individual days in the workweek surpassed $1 billion in spending, highlighting the growing importance of ecommerce for retailers. The comScore report stated that for the first 44 days of the holiday shopping season, more than $33.8 billion has been purchased on the internet. This is a 13 percent jump from 2011, and analysts expect sales will keep growing.<\/p>\n"This past workweek saw four days surpass the billion dollar spending threshold during the heaviest five-day online shopping period on record," said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. "With this most recent week in the books, the peak spending period may now be in our rear-view-mirror – but the online holiday shopping season is not over yet."<\/p>\n
ComScore revealed that for Cyber Monday, consumers spent approximately $1.4 billion online, making it the largest ecommerce day ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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