CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Online shopping
has grown sharply so far this holiday shopping season after U.S.
retailers pushed out a slew of mobile and Internet deals that
lured consumers before Cyber Monday, traditionally the biggest
day for e-commerce in America.

While it remains to be seen if the gains on Thanksgiving Day
and Black Friday can be sustained, the latest estimates show
shoppers scooping up early special offers via their smart phones
and tablets, the way they used to hunt for bargains in
brick-and-mortar stores.

CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Next week’s Cyber Monday should still be the top online shopping day of the year but it may pack less of a punch because online sales, a growing number involving mobile devices, soared on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, shoppers continued to visit stores though the burst that began on Thanksgiving night had subsided.

CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Next week’s Cyber
Monday should still be the top online shopping day of the year
but it may pack less of a punch because online sales, a growing
number involving mobile devices, soared on Thanksgiving and
Black Friday.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, shoppers continued to visit stores
though the burst that began on Thanksgiving night had subsided.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Holiday season online spending got off to an early and strong start, spurred by rising consumer confidence and retailer promotions ahead of the traditional big shopping days, comScore Inc (SCOR.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday.

From November 1 through November 18, $10.1 billion was spent online, a 16 percent increase versus the corresponding days last year, comScore reported. So far, November 8 has been the heaviest online spending day of the season so far at $829 million, it added.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – E-commerce is expected to grow strongly this holiday season, spurred by early online deals, the rise of mobile devices and more free shipping offers.

Holiday sales will likely increase 16.4 percent from a year earlier, outpacing total retail sales, which are forecast to grow about 3.9 percent, according to analysts at Jefferies & Co.

By Alistair Barr

(Reuters) – Tiger Global Management, a technology focused hedge fund run by Chase Coleman and Feroz Dewan, disclosed a big stake in Groupon Inc on Monday, a vote of confidence for the struggling daily deal website.

Tiger Global, which oversees about $8 billion in assets, owns 65 million Class A shares in Groupon, representing 9.9 percent of total Class A shares outstanding, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Monday.

Nov 16 (Reuters) – Retailers are targeting “post-pie”
commerce, the jump in shopping created by the boom in
smartphones and tablet computers which Thanksgiving diners grab
as they collapse onto the couch after eating turkey and pumpkin
pie.

While people relax with family and friends or watch football
on TV, they are increasingly shopping online with these mobile
gadgets, creating a surge in traffic and purchases that
retailers are beginning to target for the first time this year.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Groupon Inc said
on Wednesday that it promoted Kal Raman to chief operating
officer, giving the executive more power as the world’s largest
daily deal company tries to turn around its struggling
international businesses.

Raman joined the company in April and was previously Senior
Vice President, Global Sales and Operations. As COO, he will
continue to report to Chief Executive Andrew Mason and oversee
the company’s global sales and operations, Groupon said.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) gift for dominating the holiday shopping season may lose some of its magic this year.

The country’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailers, from Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Target Corp (TGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to Toys “R” Us TOYS.UL, are gunning for Amazon, competing more aggressively on price and offering speedier delivery through spruced-up websites and stores that double as distribution warehouses.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) gift for dominating the holiday shopping season may lose some of its magic this year.

The country’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailers, from Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Target Corp (TGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to Toys “R” Us TOYS.UL, are gunning for Amazon, competing more aggressively on price and offering speedier delivery through spruced-up websites and stores that double as distribution warehouses.