US eCommerce sales supposedly shrank by 3% in the final months of 2008, according to the “comScore 2008 Digital Year in Review.” (You’ll have to fill in a form to get the report, but I’d recommend it - I like this report because it has some pretty compelling charts on eCommerce spending, online traffic growth by categories, search trends, online advertising, online video and mobile.)
eCommerce hits the skids
I’m going to blatantly copy one of the reports charts on US online spending and hope that the content police don’t yell at me: 
The poor US consumer, and the even poorer US eCommerce company who ramped up their capacity for the holiday season. I sense a coming shake-out in the middle market online retail business.
