Reston, Va. – U.S. retail e-commerce spending reached 32.9
billion during the second quarter, up 9% from the same period in 2009, according
to new estimates by comScore.
It marked the third straight quarter of positive
growth after a year of flat or negative growth rates. Among households earning
at least $100,000 a year, the figure soared 17%.
"The second quarter’s
continuation of the first quarter’s strong retaile-commerce growth rates is
encouraging," said Gian Fulgoni, the chairman of comScore.
"We remain
cautiously optimistic heading into the second half of the year, but we will be
keeping a close eye on unemployment rates, which along with potential
uncertainty in the stock market could limit growth in e-commerce spending in
the near term."
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This is a positive indicator for retail e-commerce. As the outlook looks optimistic, leading retailers are embracing new online sales channels too — such as offering products for sale on their Facebook Fan Pages. With over 500 million users on Facebook, e-commerce retailers can get ahead by “going social” before their competition does. -Andy (http://infusedindustries.com)
As we continue to spend more money than the one we can collect via taxes and revenues we will continue to be into this huge deficit that will have to be paid by our children and their investment.