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comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending for the first 44 days of the November – December 2007 holiday season (November 1 – December 14). More than $22 billion has been spent online during the season-to-date, marking an 18-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year. Monday, December 10 reached $881 million in sales (up 33 percent versus last year), registering as the heaviest online spending day of the season and the heaviest online spending day on record.
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2007 Holiday Season To Date vs. Corresponding Days* in 2006 Non-Travel (Retail) Spending Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate Purchases Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. |
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Holiday Season to Date |
2006 |
2007 |
Pct Change |
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November 1 – December 14 |
$19.15 |
$22.67 |
18% |
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Thanksgiving Day (November 22) |
$0.21 |
$0.27 |
29% |
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“Black Friday” (November 23) |
$0.43 |
$0.53 |
22% |
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“Cyber Monday” (November 26) |
$0.61 |
$0.73 |
21% |
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”Green Monday” (December 10) |
$0.66 |
$0.88 |
33% |
“Despite the strong surge in spending we observed at the beginning of last week,
with both Monday and Tuesday easily surpassing $800 million in sales and showing
very strong growth rates, the remainder of the week saw more modest spending,”
said comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni. “However, we anticipate that spending at
the beginning of this week will again be strong with most free shipping deals
available until Tuesday, December 18.”
Lower Income Households Weighing on Online Spending Growth
This year’s 18-percent online retail spending growth rate stands well below the 26-percent rate at the same time last year. An analysis of online spending by household income reveals that slower growth among lower income households is weighing on the overall season-to-date growth. While households earning at least $100,000 have increased their online spending 28 percent versus year ago, households making less than $50,000 have increased their spending by just 10 percent.
