for immediate release online holiday shopping season 2004 hits 23 2 billion rising 25 percent from 2003 according to the espending report goldman sachs harris interactive and nielsen netratings consumers spent most on apparel clothing toys video games consumer electronics fastest growing categories included jewelry flowers computer hardware peripherals rochester ny new york january 3 latest & co revealed that shoppers in us during excluding travel this reflects a increase 18 5 same timeframe based weekly surveys of more than 1 000 respondents totaling 8 or 16 total revenue see table category was second with 11 while rounded out top three 10 generating highest year
