Consumers Spent $3.5 B Online In March.

Forrester Research, Inc. announced the results of the latest Forrester Online Retail Index. According to the 15th survey in this monthly series, total spending on online sales increased from $3.4 billion in February to $3.5 billion in March. The number of households shopping online remained at 13.5 million in March. Consumers spent an average of $263 per person in March, compared with $248 in February.