Article: E-TAILERS CHEERING ROBUST HOLIDAY SEASON; EXPANDED PRODUCT OFFERINGS, HIGHER TRAFFIC TRANSLATE INTO SALES BOON FOR ONLINE FOOTWEAR RETAILERS DURING END-OF-YEAR RUSH.(Shoesontheweb.com)

Byline: WAYNE NIEMI

LOS ANGELES - Online footwear retailers had much to celebrate this holiday season.

In interviews with Footwear News last week, e-tailers said that an expanded product offering and consumers' increased comfort with shopping for shoes online helped them post their strongest gains yet for the November-December crunch.

At Boston-based Shoebuy.com, President Scott Savitz said that sales this holiday season surged more than 70 percent compared with last year, with 3.5 million visitors shopping the site in December alone.

"We had a really strong season, which we're really happy about," he said. "We did very well in the ...

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