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Christmas sales drove online spending higher last month

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Early Christmas sales by Amazon, Walmart and others helped drive a 10.9 percent increase in online spending in October, according to Adobe Analytics. Big discounts on such items as computers and televisions helped drive sales of high-ticket items.

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