(IDEX Online News) – US online sales monitoring firm comScore, Inc. estimates that desktop-based retail e-commerce sales in the second quarter grew almost 16 percent year-over-year to $49.8 billion.

 

That marks the 15^th consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and 11^th straight quarter of double-digit growth.

 

“The second quarter of 2013 saw a healthy acceleration in the online spending growth rate to nearly 16 percent on the strength of a particularly enthusiastic April from consumers,” said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni.

 

“Increased spending growth for the quarter not only reflects the long-term share shift towards digital commerce, but also the near-term signals of sustained improvement in consumer sentiment. This strength is particularly significant since the second quarter tends to be seasonally lighter for e-commerce, and, as such, represents a positive indicator for the back half of the year.”