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Holiday Spending Growth Slows to Three-Year Low in FY12 (MA) (V) (DFS)
December 26, 2012 8:39 AM ESTThough e-commerce retail sales showed strong growth this year, overall sales were just about flat.
According to data from MasterCard's (NYSE: MA) SpendingPulse unit, retail sales rose just 0.7 percent from last year for the eight weeks ended December 24th. That was the slowest growth since a... More
Online Retail Spending Sprints Into Holidays as Watchers Eye In-Store Price Matching
November 21, 2012 3:46 PM ESTOnline retail spending is on pace to post impressive results, according to data from comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR). The analytics company is predicting 17 percent year-over-year gains in spending, totaling $43.4 billion.
The 2012 online holiday shopping season is off to an encouraging start with a 16-percent growth thus far, said comScore chairman, Gian Fulgoni. Recent 5-year highs... More
