Holiday E-commerce To Grow 18%

According to Jupiter Research, online retail sales for the holiday season are expected to grow 18 percent over last year’s figures. The report predicts 114 million people will buy holiday gifts on the Web, and total online retail sales should reach $32 billion.

For merchants not yet ready to capitalize on this big opportunity, WebTrends has a couple of helpful free reports. The first is the 2006 Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report. The second one is Click to Buy: The Essential Guide to Best Practices in eCommerce.