AFP: US online sales climbing

The U.S. Commerce Department reported that online sales, not including travel or other services, grew 28 percent, reaching about 1.9 percent of all sales. That's up from about 1.6 percent the same quarter the year before.

Sales for the fourth quarter of 2003 were down about 11 percent compared to the year prior, although they too accounted for 1.9 percent of the total.