E-Commerce Lives (Really), The Ever-Unsafe City, Etc.

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If the boom in e-commerce was partly illusory, the same is true of the Internet bust. A study by GartnerG2 forecasts worldwide online sales of $25.3 billion for this year’s holiday season, up 39 percent from last year. North America is expected to account for 47 percent of the global total, while Europe will chip in 34 percent.

The good news for New York: Just 14 percent of Americans feel the city has become an unsafe place to live in and visit since Sept.

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