ComScore is reporting that ecommerce actually shrank in 2009 due to a major decline in travel spending (via Online Media Daily). Online retail spending decreased 2% year-over-year to $209.6 billion.
Weighing down the broader numbers, travel e-commerce spending dropped 5% in 2009 to $79.8 billion, while retail — non-travel — e-commerce spending actually remained flat at $129.8 billion.
The holiday period grew vs. the previous year, so this is a good sign.
Another interesting point is that Bing grew search volume share to 10.7% from 8.3%. I believe that a viable competitor in the search space is important, so I’m hopeful that Bing will be able to produce good enough results to bring over a real volume of people.
