engine - 8:14 pm on Nov 29, 2009 (gmt 0)

comScore: 2009 Black Friday Sales Up 11pct on 2008 [comscore.com]

...reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 27 days of the November – December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $10.57 billion has been spent online, marking a 3-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Black Friday (November 27) saw $595 million in online sales, making it the second heaviest online spending day to date in 2009 and representing an 11-percent increase versus Black Friday 2008.