MarketWatch: E-tailers seen reducing holiday deals
With e-commerce on its feet and running, many online retailers aren't planning the internet sales, promotions, free shipping and other share-driving events that helped the internet increase its proportion of holiday sales in years past. According to a new Forrester report, e-tailers are looking both to drive in-store sales and bottom line profitability. The research firm estimates holiday online sales to reach $13.2, about 20 percent higher than 2003.