In the pre-Christmas season, sales of American online stores grew by 26% year-on-year to $ 21.68 billion. ComScore Networks researchers received such data,
RBC agency reports. The peak of sales came on December 13, when online merchants' revenues amounted to $ 667 million. These statistics do not include the income of travel agencies.
The most popular items are jewelry, watches, electronics, entertainment tickets, toys. Shopping on the Internet is more often made by people at their workplace. With an impressive amount of money spent online, online sales account for no more than 5% of all sales on the eve of Christmas.