US online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion during Q4 2010, according to new data from comScore. This figure is up 11% from $39 billion in Q4 2009 and 35% from $32.1 billion in Q3 2010.
In addition, this growth rate represented the fifth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second quarter of double-digit growth rates in the past year. In Q1 2010, US e-commerce spending totaled almost $34 billion, a 10% jump from $31 billion in Q1 2009.
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