Chase Paymentech has updated its Pulse Index to reflect results from November 5 through yesterday. During the holiday season, Chase Paymentech monitors the daily settlement activity of 50 of the largest 250 Internet retailers, as defined by the Internet Retailer Top 500, to create the Pulse Index.If you scroll down on the page, you'll see the full timeframe - with the peak shopping days being each Tuesday for the three weeks prior to Chrismas. From a sales standpoint, 2009 was slightly ahead of 2008 while transactions grew significantly. A lower average ticket in 2009 pulled down the sales comparison to...

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