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Product video penetration increases by 34% in 2008

According to ComScore data, online shoppers are watching more and more retailer videos.  The number of shoppers who watched retail video grew by 40% from October 2007 to October 2008. We think a better measure is PENETRATION — what percent of online shoppers are watching retail videos?  By that measure, video usage grew from 17% [...]

MasterCard: “Online Sales surged 32% in December”

MasterCard SpendingPulse reports that online sales surged 32% in December. (Reported by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan in the Wall Street Journal today). While these numbers aren’t directly comparable to the more widely-reported Comscore stats about holiday season shopping, they reflect greater strength than other reports we’ve seen. Two facts stand out: MasterCard’s numbers include gift card [...]

Online holiday sales up 19%

ComScore reports that online holiday sales were 19% higher in 2007 than the prior year. (The season started off slow but accelerated to a 21% growth pace in the month before Christmas). Other interesting tidbits: CyberMonday was not the biggest shopping day of the season. That was December 10th. Internet Retailer reports: The heaviest day [...]

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