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US Online Spending To Surge In Run Up To Christmas

US Online Spending To Surge In Run Up To Christmas

Consumer online purchases in the US are predicted to increase by 27% in the course of the 2002 holiday season, according to a new forecast from Forrester Research.

The study estimates that consumers will spend a total of $72.1 billion on non-travel purchases this year. This is expected to rise to $217 billion in 2007, by which time internet purchases will account for 8% of total US retail sales, up from 2.4% in 2001.

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