Consumers Set Online Spending Record

New York, NY, Dec. 5, 2011 -- Shoppers spent a record amount of nearly $6 billion online on Monday through Friday last week, according to Comscore.

On Cyber Monday itself, sales reached $1.25 billion, the biggest online shopping day in history. Online sales on Tuesday and Wednesday also broke $1 billion.

Cyber Monday sales topped $1 billion for the first time last year.

ComScore says online sales are up 15% to $18.7 billion in November and the first two days of December, compared with the same period last year.