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According to the National Retail federation, 47% of Holiday consumers shopped online last year and about 61 million people shopped online from work for holiday gifts.

Stock Investing Course Ho-ho click. Online holiday shopping rose 25% over last year with jewelry topping the list.

As expected, purchase items for online Christmas shoppers are likely to be gifts, followed by holiday travel arrangements. Interestingly, 70% of respondents said that they can be easily distracted while Christmas shopping on the high street and frequently end up buying items for themselves as well. Encouragingly for online advertisers, 16% of respondents felt that they would be even more likely to shop around and treat themselves as well when shopping online, reinforcing the notion that internet users are increasingly receptive and responsive to online advertising.

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From the Club, guests can go on an urban hike on the sea wall through Stanley Park, or go shopping along Robson Street, South Granville or Fourth Avenue.

Stock Investing Game Jan 4, 2005 (AXcess News) New York - Online shoppers spent $23.2 billion over the Christmas holiday in the U.S., which excludes travel. Jewelry was no. 1, racking up an impressive $1.9 billion, a 113% increase over 2003.

If you don't care to risk getting mauled, why not join the millions of consumers that shopped from the comfort of their homes and offices last Holiday Season...with the simple click of a mouse. According to the National Retail federation, 47% of Holiday consumers shopped online last year and about 61 million people shopped online from work for holiday gifts. When asked why they like to shop online during the Holidays, 72% of consumers said that they want to avoid crowds.

Journal Prime Rate Street Wall According to the Nielsen/NetRatings, Harris and Goldman Sachs eSpending Report, the rise in online holiday shopping sales showed a 25 percent increase over 2003 when ecommerce chalked up $18.5 billion in sales for the same period.

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Stock Market News The report showed that consumers spent the most in online holiday shopping on clothing, coming in at $3.8 billion, or 16 percent of total online shopping expenditures over the Christmas holiday. Toys and video games were next in line with $2.5 billion, or 11 percent. Though electronics was third in line with $2.3 billion, or 10 percent of holiday revenue.

Stock Investing Basics Jewelry, flowers and computer hardware/peripherals had the largest growth in holiday online shopping year-over-year.

Stock Investing Software Floral retailers saw a 59 percent spike in online revenue to $530 million, while computer hardware/peripherals increased 30 percent to $2.1 billion.

Stock Market Trading The report, which surveyed 1,000 online shoppers, showed that the majority of holiday shoppers online were satisfied with their shopping experience. Advertisement

Stock Investing For Dummy 37 percent said they were "very satisfied" and 24 percent were "somewhat satisfied." Around 30 percent felt that this year's online shopping was "better than last year's."

Stock Market Crash Most online shoppers cited crowded shopping malls as the reason for shopping online (35%) while product selection came in second as the reason for shopping online (33%). Price also contributed to online holiday shoppers preference over malls.

Stock Investing Tip Several small cap companies covered by AXcess News last year have had good results in online sales. Communicate.com (OTCBB: CMNN) reported in November that third quarter sales bolted over 100% as compared to the same period last year. Communicate.com has yet to release its online holiday results.

Stock Market Chart Reno-based Itronics, Inc. (OTCBB: ITRO) had such good results with its online sales of Nevada Silver Miner bars after revamping its website that the company announced in early December that it was building a powerful database-driven website for the mining industry, investors and professionals.

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