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November 29, 2006

Visa USA Reports Favorable Consumer Spending During Thanksgiving Weekend

Tags » Visa

Visa USA has announced that consumer spending in electronics, home furnishings, grocery and drug stores helped boost overall sales during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend supporting Visa’s original projection of 7.5 percent growth (including gas and restaurant purchases) in overall retail sales for the 2006 holiday season.   » Continue Reading

Cyber Monday E-Commerce Spending Beats Forecast

Tags » ECommerce Payments, Internet Retail

comScore Networks has released data on consumer online non-travel (retail) spending at U.S. sites for Cyber Monday and the 2006 holiday season to date. Cyber Monday, which marks the first major spike in online holiday spending as people returned to work after the Thanksgiving weekend, saw slightly higher than expected gains. Cyber Monday sales totaled $608 million, up 26 percent versus the same day last year. During the first 27 days of November this year, total online retail spending reached $9.48 billion, marking a 24-percent increase versus the corresponding days in 2005.   » Continue Reading

Updated Retail Ecommerce Volumes

Tags » ECommerce Payments, Internet Retail

The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce has announced that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2006, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $27.5 billion, an increase of 4.5 percent (±1.5%) from the second quarter of 2006. Total retail sales for the third quarter of 2006 were estimated at $991.7 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (±0.3%) from the second quarter of 2006. The third quarter 2006 e commerce estimate increased 20.9 percent (±5.3%) from the third quarter of 2005 while total retail sales increased 5.1 percent (±0.3%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2006 accounted for 2.8 percent of total sales.

A Look At Airline Gift Cards

Tags » Gift Cards

David Wethe reports for the Star-Telegram on airline-issued gift cards. According to Wethe, "America West, now owned by U.S. Airways, was the first airline to offer gift cards." Now every major airline seems to be selling them.

Judge Says US Currency Shortchanges the Blind

Tags » Banking Industry

The Washington Post reports on a decision yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Robertson who said that "by keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money." He ordered the government to develop ways for the blind to tell bills apart - saying that many other countries "vary their bills in size according to denomination, and every other issuer includes at least some features that help the visually impaired." The text of the judge's order is available online (PDF).

Bank Of America New Market Cap Leader

Tags » Bank of America

The Financial Times reports that yesterday Bank of America passed Citigroup as the world's largest financial services company as measured by market capitalization.

Headline News - November 29, 2006

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