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Bloomberg
When it comes to online orders this Christmas, US consumers are spending more than ever before.
Shoppers shelled out a record $110.6 billion online between November 1 and December 19, about $17 billion more than in the same period last year, data from Adobe Analytics show.
Half of website traffic this year came from shoppers on the go using their smartphones, Adobe said, but most Americans still prefer to close the deal using their computers. Sixty-one percent of the dollars spent online came from purchases made via desktops this year, even as more people are increasingly browsing from the ease of their palm.