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Microsoft and Yahoo! report increase in online Christmas shopping

Internet Business News, Dec 31, 2001

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

Online shopping over the Christmas period has increased in 2001 compared to previous years according to web portal Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo! experienced an 86% increase in online sales volume over last year, bringing its total to USD10.3bn. The MSN network posted a 106% increase in its sales to USD5.6bn.

According to Yahoo!, its sales were led by video games consoles such as Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube with strong sales also in digital cameras, laptop computers, toys and clothes.

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