Cyber Monday Spending Propels Holiday E-Commerce to Strong Week of More than $4 Billion in Sales
2007年12月3日 - 4:35AM
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Buying from Work and Home Account for Nearly Same Share of Online
Holiday Spending RESTON, Va., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital
world, today released an update of holiday season e-commerce
spending covering the first 30 days (November 1 - 30) of the
November - December 2007 holiday season. More than $13.4 billion
has been spent online during the season-to-date, marking an
18-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year. The
heaviest online spending day of the season thus far was Cyber
Monday (November 26) with $733 million in sales, marginally higher
than sales on Thursday, November 29. 2007 Holiday Season To Date
vs. Corresponding Days* in 2006 Non-Travel (Retail) Spending
Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate Purchases Total U.S. -
Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. Billions ($)
Holiday Season to Date 2006 2007 Pct Change November 1 - 30 $11.41
$13.43 18% Week Ending November 30 $3.43 $4.06 18% Thanksgiving Day
(November 22) $0.21 $0.27 29% "Black Friday" (November 23) $0.43
$0.53 22% "Cyber Monday" (November 26) $0.61 $0.73 21% *
Corresponding Shopping Days, Not Calendar Days "This most recent
week saw several very strong days for online retail spending," said
comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni. "Beginning with a record $733
million on Cyber Monday, each of the next three days also surpassed
$700 million in sales, resulting in more than $4 billion in online
spending during the week." Some additional observations since Cyber
Monday include: -- The fastest-growing retail sites since Cyber
Monday compared to the corresponding days last year (within the top
20 most frequently visited retail sites) were: Yahoo Shopping,
Target, Apple, Circuit City and Toys "R" Us. -- A number of the
traditionally more popular product categories for holiday gifts saw
strong growth in dollar sales versus last year: video games,
consoles and accessories (+170%), toys (+36%), computer hardware
(+21%), sports and fitness (+19%). Most Online Holiday Shopping
Occurs at Work Cyber Monday has historically represented the first
significant spike in online holiday spending because it is the
first working day after the Thanksgiving holiday, and shopping from
work remains a key component of total online shopping behavior. For
the first 30 days of the holiday season, 45.5 percent of all online
retail spending came from work locations, edging out the 44.1
percent of spending from home. Online Spending by Location
Non-Travel (Retail) Spending Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate
Purchases November 1-30, 2007 vs. Corresponding Days in 2006 Total
U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. Share
(%) of Dollars Spent Online Location 2006 2007 Point Change All
Locations 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 Home 42.3% 44.1% 1.8 Work 45.5% 45.5%
0.0 University 4.0% 4.4% 0.4 International 8.2% 6.0% -2.2 "Even
though the vast majority of Internet-enabled homes now have high
speed connections, shopping from work remains a key component of
online holiday retail spending," added Mr. Fulgoni. "This suggests
that the privacy afforded by shopping at work, without family
members looking over one's shoulder, is one of the important
factors in determining where consumers choose to shop online. Also
interesting is that despite the declining value of the U.S. dollar,
the share of spending from international locations dropped versus
last year. This would appear to indicate that maturing
international e- commerce markets are succeeding in keeping more
foreign online spending overseas." comScore 2007 Retail E-Commerce
Forecast Online Non-Travel (Retail) Holiday Consumer Spending
Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate Purchases Total U.S. -
Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. Billions ($)
2006 2007 Pct Change January - October $77.5 $93.6 21% Holiday
Season (Nov-Dec) $24.6 $29.5* 20%* *comScore forecast About
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