Jupiter Media Metrix has released the third installment of its weekly Holiday 2001 E-Commerce Series, revealing the online retail results for the week ending Dec. 9, 2001. The Online Shopping Index,
which aggregates web visitors from both home and work to nearly 500 shopping sites and 19 subcategories, increased 50% versus the same week last year, climbing from 34.9 million to 52.4 million unique
visitors. Additionally, the index was up 1% versus the previous week, when there were 51.7 million visitors.
