According to NY Times Bits Blog – “During the first 23 days of November, according to a report to be released later on Tuesday by the research firm comScore, consumers spent $8.19 billion online, a 4 percent drop from the same period last year. That marks the first annual decline since e-commerce took off.”

Please check out the complete story at  http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/for-first-time-e-commerce-market-shrinks/

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