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Security A Concern For Online Holiday Shoppers

As Americans prepare for the holiday shopping season, online security plays a major part in consumers' purchasing decision, according to a new poll by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Symantec. More than half (63%) of online shoppers said they did not complete a purchase because of security concerns. The most common reasons for not making an online purchase include:

Good Chunk of Holiday Spending Will Be Online

Nielsen has shared some findings from research involving how American consumers intend to spend their money during the upcoming holiday season. About 42% expect to spend less.

Britons Flocked Online For Christmas Day Shopping

Close to 4 million British shoppers went online to purchase goods on Christmas Day, spending a total of  $154 million (102 million pounds) according to a new report from the ecommerce retailing body IMRG.

Google Top Property In November

The official start of the holiday shopping season saw Americans flock to online retail sites, boosting several categories, including toys, consumer electronics and department stores, to double-digit traffic gains in November, according to comScore.

Google Launches Holiday Gift Site

Google has launched a site dedicated to offering holiday gift ideas for shoppers along with ways to save on purchases using Google Product Search and Google Checkout.From the Official Google Blog. "Our Product Search team recently pored over millions of aggregated (and anonymous) search queries to put together some of the most popular products people are searching for."

Amazon Offers Holiday Customer Review Team

Amazon.com has unveiled a "Holiday Customer Review Team" that consists of half a dozen of its most active reviewers.Amazon says the goal of the review team is to "provide fellow Amazon customers with top gift picks for the season as well as helpful tips on cutting costs over the holidays."The reviewers have been given access to some of Amazon's most popular Black Friday deals so they can offer up their opinions on the items with other shoppers.

Gen-Y Favor Electronics This Holiday Season

The majority of Generation-Y (70%) said they will shop both online and at retail stores this holiday season, according to a survey from market researcher Peanut Labs.

Shoppers Spending More Time Researching Online

Online shoppers researched product information 11 percent and 27 percent more on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday respectively than they did on Cyber Monday, according to research from WebCollage.

34% Do Holiday Shopping Online

About one in three shoppers (34%), in the UK will do the majority of their shopping online, according to comparison-shopping Web site Savebuckets.

Convenience Drives Online Holiday Shopping

A new report form Nielsen Online examines the reasons shoppers turn to the Internet during the holiday season.