CLICK to read article on Yahoo! News: "Consumers have been snapping up computer hardware online during this year's holiday shopping season, with e-purchases growing 25 percent over the same period last year, according to a new report from comScore. The research firm said the upsurge in demand is being driven by purchases of handheld devices such as Apple's iPad.Other popular hardware purchases include e-readers, laptops and flat-panel TVs, with the latter growing 22 percent over the same period last year due to attractive pricing. Additionally, purchases of computer software, excluding PC games, rose 16 percent from the same period last year.
For the holiday season to date, $27.46 billion has been spent online -- a 12 percent increase compared to the corresponding period of 2009, noted comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni on Monday. 'Free Shipping Day [Dec. 17] punctuated an exceptional week in which consumers spent more than $5.5 billion online, representing a 14 percent increase from last year,' Fulgoni said.
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