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Internet commerce exploded this holiday season

Internet commerce exploded this holiday season
Online shoppers spent a whopping $15.8 billion through December 19th, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. That’s a staggering 37% increase over the holiday season of 2002. What did we buy?

Apparel: $3.1 billion, up 40 percent over 2002.

Toys/Video Games (hardware and software): $1.9 billion, up 21 percent.

Video/DVD: $1.4 billion, up 58 percent.

Books: $1.4 billion, up 39 percent.

Music: $790 million, up 20 percent.

(Source: Media Daily News)

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