‘Black Friday Online Spending Hit Record $1.2 Billion’ – ‘Mashable’

Denielle Kucera says, “Online spending on Black Friday increased 15% to a record $1.20 billion as more consumers opted to shop from their couches rather than battling long lines at stores.Total ecommerce sales reached $20.6 billion in the first 29 days of this holiday season, according to ComScore Inc. That’s about a 3.1% increase from Nov. 1 to Black Friday last year, the research firm’s data showed, noting that 2013 numbers include a few more shopping days because Thanksgiving fell on a later date this year”.