Can you believe the holiday shopping season is already upon us? Online shopping trends show that this season is going to be absolutely huge – as its estimate some $61 Billion will be spend online during the holiday shopping season! Online shopping is only going to get bigger, and lucky for us we all own the best online shopping site in the world with SHOP.COM!
This great article from Internet Retailer shows just how massive the online holiday spending will be this year – show you just how important it is to capitalize on the upcoming holiday shopping bonanza. Any of the deals, sales, or promotions being offered by any of our partners are also offering via our SHOP.COM website! Our job – to simply let people know!
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Online holiday forecast: sales will increase 15.1%
U.S. web shoppers will spend $61.8 billion in November and December, eMarketer predicts.
E-commerce spending in the United States will increase about 15.1% year over year in November and December—prime holiday shopping time—says eMarketer in a projection released today. Spending during those two months will total $61.8 billion, up from $53.7 billion in 2012.
During the entire fourth quarter of 2013, U.S. online shoppers will spend $83.2 billion, up 15.5% over the same period last year, the research firm says. eMarketer says it crafts its projections from some 60 sources that include U.S. Department of Commerce figures, estimates from other research companies, reported revenue from major online retailers and interviews with e-commerce vendors and e-retail executives.
The new eMarketer projection is roughly in line with a recent e-commerce spending estimate from comScore Inc., which monitors the online behavior of some 2 million consumers. Last month, it said second quarter 2012 e-commerce spending increased 15.5% year over year; for the fourth quarter of 2012, the most recent holiday shopping period, comScore says online spending increased 14% year over year, compared with 15% for the entire year 2012. The U.S. Commerce Department, which makes its estimates based on quarterly surveys of U.S. retailers, says Q2 online spending increased 18.4% year over year in the second quarter; for the fourth quarter of 2012, the department said e-commerce spending increased 15.8% year over year and 15.8% for the entire year.
To continue reading, please visit this article on Internet Retailer.