ComScore Reports Strong Online Holiday Sales Amid Mobile Spending
Holiday shopping sales from PCs over the Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday stretch jumped 17 percent in 2016 to $8.4 billion, comScore reported, as retailers and researchers continue to report (see 1611280033) that many made purchases from smartphones. Amazon had the most visits…
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from PCs and mobile devices on Cyber Monday, followed by eBay, said comScore. Cyber Monday’s 130 million visitors topped Black Friday online shopping by 14 million, with 89 million via mobile and 37 million shopping on both smartphones and PCs, it said. Meanwhile, top-selling electronics by units Cyber Monday included Apple iPhones, Adobe said. It said tablets and smartphones generated 47 percent of visits to retail websites, generating 31 percent of sales.