Christmas sales of goods on the Internet in the US grew by 15% to $ 48.3 billion in the period from November 1 to December 21, according to a press release from comScore Inc. The last week of sales (December 15 to December 21) showed a high level of growth of 18%, or $ 5.8 billion, purchases were mostly performed from personal computers.
"The last week before Christmas marked a very high level of sales on the Internet and closes the season of 2014 on a positive note, in addition, these figures have exceeded our pre-season sales forecasts," said Gian Fulgoni, professor and director of comScore Inc. - In at the moment we see a 15 percent increase in purchases on the Internet using personal computers, which could mean a recovery in the US economy in both the consumer and general sales segment of the worldwide network. "
Fulgony added that even after the end of the influx of buyers, the Internet sites will be able to sell goods worth about $ 5 billion by the end of December 2014.