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Online Sales Hit Holiday Record Amid Smartphone Shopping and Voice Assistant Growth, Says Adobe

Online sales reached a record $108.2 billion for the Nov. 1-Dec. 31 holiday stretch, up 15 percent, Adobe reported Tuesday. Voice assistant sales doubled, with half of surveyed consumers using assistants daily. Mobile revenue was a third of Q4 online…

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revenue at $35.9 billion, up 28 percent, with smartphone orders averaging $110, up 2 percent, though still less than desktop-made purchases. Cyber Monday was the first day that more than $2 billion posted from smartphones and tablets, said the company Friday. Search drove the most revenue during the holiday season at 45 percent, it said.