Online sales jumped 45 percent over the holidays
January 19, 2021
Online sales during the 2020 holiday period grew 45.2 percent to $201.32 billion year-over-year, according to Digital Commerce 360. Dollar sales of products purchased online represented 25.7 percent of all retail revenues during the period up from 19.2 percent in 2019.
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