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Record online sales give U.S. holiday shopping season a boost
7 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on November 7, 2018 shows a woman packing her shopping into plastic bags in a supermarket in Chiba, Japan. - Germany plans to ban single-use plastic bags from the year 2020, joining a growing movement to fight global pollution, the environment minister said on September 6, 2019. Supermarkets, department stores and other retailers will be barred from using the so-called lightweight plastic carrier bags, including those now marketed as being biologically based or bio-degradable. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)
U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard Inc (MA.N) showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high.