RESTON, Va.–E-commerce sales declined by 1 percent, from Dec. 8 to 12, although Dec. 9 was the highest online spending day on record, reported comScore, which measures the digital space as part of its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending.
Sales of the home, garden and furniture category fell 7 percent from the year-ago period, comScore said.
For the holiday season through Dec. 12, $19.44 billion has been spent online, nearly the same level compared with the corresponding days last year, according to comScore.
For the 12 days beginning with Dec. 1—Cyber Monday, the kick-off to the online shopping season—sales totaled $8.26 billion, up 3 percent versus a year ago.