Internet Retailer: Online retail spending grows 25% in the first six months, comScore reports

Online sales were again over $1 billion for the week ending June 27, making the first half of 2004 register gains of 25 percent over the same period in 2003. The online sales for the week were up 31 percent over last year, while general retail sales online and offline were up only 11 percent. For the first half of 2004, only two weeks registered retail sales below $1 billion, according to comScore.

Online travel sales growth slowed, rising only two percent to $792 million for the same week last year.