Olde Farte, II Wrote:
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> Online Retailer Wrote:
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> -----
> > Same applies to online sales:
> >
> > "Online sales, typically a bright spot, grew
> only
> > 8.4 percent from Oct. 28 through Saturday,
> > according to SpendingPulse. That's a dramatic
> > slowdown from the online sales growth of 15 to
> 17
> > percent seen in the prior 18-month period,
> > according to the data service."
>
> There are lies, damned lies, and statistics:
>
> >>> "...One bright spot has been online sales,
> which continue to grow at
> >>> a faster pace.
> >>>
> >>>
On Christmas Day, online sales jumped 22.4
> percent, outpacing the 16.4
> >>> percent increase in 2011, according to IBM
> Digital Analytics Benchmark, which
> >>> tracks more than 1 million e-commerce
> transactions a day from 500 U.S.
> >>> retailers..."
>
>
http://news.yahoo.com/retail-sales-creep-higher-we
> ak-holiday-season-early-143749277--finance.html
Reading is fundamental...
That's a largely pointless stat for ONE DAY (Christmas Day), not for the SEASON as are the numbers reported by SpendingPulse.