E-Commerce Still Growing, but a Bit Slower

comScore reports that Year over Year increases in e-commerce spending is still growing but the high growth rates of from last year have slowed a bit.  Here is the data:

Month             Y/Y Percent Change
Apr-07                 18%
May-07                 25%
Jun-07                 25%
Jul-07                 22%
Aug-07                 28%
Sep-07                 19%
Oct-07                 19%
Nov-07                 20%
Dec-07                 18%
Jan-08                 12%
Feb-08                 14%
Mar-08                  9%
Apr-08                 15%

April’s e-commerce growth rate was only off 3% from the prior year, and I think this indicates that online spending will be where people go to look for deals as the economy falters.

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