http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/ecommerce/archive/tags/holiday+spending/default.aspxTags: holiday spendingenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/ecommerce/archive/2010/12/23/online-holiday-spending-climbs-past-28-billion.aspxThu, 23 Dec 2010 15:57:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:15703Linc Wonham0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/ecommerce/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=15703http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/ecommerce/archive/2010/12/23/online-holiday-spending-climbs-past-28-billion.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/holidays-mini.gif" style="float:left;margin:10px;" width="75" height="75" alt="" />Christmas came a little early for many online retailers this year, as the final shopping weekend of the holiday season pushed e-commerce sales past $28 billion for the first time ever. Research firm comScore reports that consumers increased their spending by 17 percent during the final weekend before Christmas, pushing that week&rsquo;s total to a record $5.5 billion.</p> <p>Online spending has exceeded $5 billion per week for each of the past three weeks, and three days in particular set record highs. Spending on Cyber Monday (November 29) exceeded $1 billion, followed by Green Monday (December 13) with $954 million and Free Shipping Day (December 17) with $942 million.</p> <p>The most-visited online retailers over the final shopping weekend that ended on December 18 were Amazon with a 15-percent visit share, Walmart (7 percent) and Target (4.5 percent).</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=15703" width="1" height="1">featurecyber mondayholiday spending