Retail sales of Christmas shopping season up to 38.7 billion U.S. dollars rose 16%

News and Information http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/17197.html "> Beijing time December 24, according to foreign media reports, market research company comscore data show that E-commerce retail sales rose 16% to 38.7 billion dollars 51 days before the Christmas shopping season this year.

The last week's Free Shipping Day (day,12 17th) E-commerce retail sales for 1.01 billion dollars. E-commerce retail sales have increased by 53% in the past week, driven by free delivery services.

Gian Forgoni Gian Fulgoni, chairman of comscore, said the free delivery day and "many retailers have extended promotional hours to the middle of last week, helping to boost E-commerce retail sales growth at the end of the Christmas shopping season".

This Christmas shopping season, E-commerce retail sales of more than 1 billion dollars in days of 12 days, more than 10 days last year. The Internet Monday (the first Monday after Thanksgiving) topped 1.465 billion dollars, followed by December 4 (USD 1.362 billion) and December 10 (1.275 billion dollars).

E-commerce retail sales rose more than ComScore's estimate during the Christmas shopping season. Although it will be Christmas soon, as retailers continue to offer promotions, consumers are still buying goods from the Internet during the week of Christmas to the New Year.