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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday shoppers spent 3% less online in 2008]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/internet/" rel="tag">Internet</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/aapl/" rel="tag">Apple Inc (AAPL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ebay/" rel="tag">eBay (EBAY)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/wmt/" rel="tag">Wal-Mart (WMT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/amzn/" rel="tag">Amazon.com (AMZN)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/black-friday/" rel="tag">Black Friday</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/economic-data/" rel="tag">Economic Data</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/06/wsj_online.jpg" alt="" />We all know that the current economic slowdown was bound to hurt holiday spending, and today we get news of just how much an impact it had on online shopping, as comScore announced that shoppers <a style="" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10129903-93.html">spent 3% less this year</a> compared with 2007.<br /><br />The report was based on spending between November 1 and December 23, and showed that consumers spent $25.5 billion online, compared with $26.3 billion in the same period last year, another clear signal that people are cutting their spending because they are worried about the economy.<br /><br />A bright spot in the report did show that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday">Cyber Monday</a>, the Monday immediately following Black Friday, was the second biggest day ever for online spending, with an increase of 15% in sales from last year, to $846 million in sales.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Holiday shoppers spent 3% less online in 2008</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/">Holiday shoppers spent 3% less online in 2008</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1415616/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/31/holiday-shoppers-spent-3-less-online-in-2008/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>AAPL</category><category>Amazon.com</category><category>Apple</category><category>commerce</category><category>ComScore</category><category>e-commerce</category><category>EBAY</category><category>featured</category><category>holiday shopping</category><category>HolidayShopping</category><category>internet</category><category>online sales</category><category>online spending</category><category>OnlineSales</category><category>OnlineSpending</category><category>spending</category><category>Wal-Mart</category><category>web traffic</category><category>WebTraffic</category><category>WMT</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:15:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
