Non-Travel E-Commerce Flies High

A 23 percent climb in non-travel online retail contributed to a substantial gain in spending for the second quarter of 2007.

Non-Travel E-Commerce Flies High

The mild start to the year in e-commerce gained steam as the second quarter showed a nice increase, as well as a gain from the same quarter last year.

ComScore said US online consumer spending totaled $47.5 billion for the second quarter of 2007. Of that spending, $27.2 billion came from the non-travel retail category.

“Retail e-commerce rebounded solidly in the second quarter after a modest start to the year,” said Gian Fulgoni, chairman of comScore. “After posting 17 percent growth versus year ago in Q1, retail e-commerce sales grew 23 percent year-over-year in Q2, matching the growth rates we