‘Online Holiday Spending Tops $40 Billion for First Time Ever’ – ‘Mashable’

Seth Fiegerman says, “U.S. consumers spent $42.3 billion online during the holiday season, the first time online spending has ever topped $40 billion for that time period, according to comScore’s latest shopping data for November and December.While online sales grew by about 14% from the previous holiday season’s total of $37.2 billion, sales still fell short of the $43.4 billion (or 16% growth) that comScore had forecasted”.