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Research company comScore listed jewelry among the fastest growing on-line products in the United States as sales rose 21 percent in the third Quarter of 2007.
Total U.S. retail e-spending (excluding auctions and large corporate purchases) grew 23 percent to $28.4 billion during the September quarter. V Video games, consoles and accessories led the pack of high risers with a 199 percent increase over the 2006 period. Consumer electronics were second in the growth standings for online consumers, with toys and hobbies, event tickets, and books and magazines, completing the top five respectively. Jewelry’s online sales growth was listed in ninth place. ComScore did not provide sales figures for individual sectors. For the first nine months of 2007, total online retail sales rose 21 percent to $83.58 billion, compared to the same period a year earlier. ComScore chairman Gian Fulgoni noted that with online retail spending growing at rates above 20 percent year-over-year, “the market is still far from maturity." |
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