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Consumers spend more this holiday season, thanks in large part to e-commerce

MasterCard reports a 15.4% increase for online spending and 5.5% growth in retail sales overall.

Posted 12/28/2010Thad RueterPost a comment

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E-retailers find a $500 million gift under the tree

That’s how much online merchants could gain in proposed lower costs for debit cards.

Posted 12/23/2010Don DavisPost a comment

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Online sales have increased 13.5% this holiday season

A MasterCard official calls e-commerce the star of holiday shopping in 2010.

Posted 12/20/2010Thad RueterPost a comment

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Five Amazon European sites go down briefly on Sunday

Amazon says a hardware malfunction, not a WikiLeaks attack, caused the outage.

Posted 12/13/2010Allison EnrightPost a comment

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WikiLeaks supporters take down MasterCard and Visa web sites

However, the attacks did not affect online retailers’ ability to accept payments.

Posted 12/08/2010Katie DeatschPost a comment

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E-commerce sales increase 12% in November, MasterCard says

Holiday shoppers help online sales return to double-digit growth for the first time since July.

Posted 12/02/2010Thad RueterPost a comment

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Online payment service for teens wins new funding

Socialwise Inc. raises $3.4 million to expand its BillMyParents payment service.

Posted 11/29/2010Allison EnrightPost a comment

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E-commerce sales accelerate in early November

Web retail sales increased 11.4% in early November, MasterCard says.

Posted 11/22/2010Don DavisPost a comment

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American Express launches a service for online discount seekers

The tool is the latest push by a card network to broaden its e-commerce reach.

Posted 11/11/2010Thad RueterPost a comment

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Web sales up 7.9% in October

Online apparel notches the largest gain among retail categories, MasterCard says.

Posted 11/03/2010Thad RueterPost a comment