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Here's a long overdue dose of good news: 2010 online Holiday sales are forecast to climb a healthy 15% compared to last year.

Research and consulting firm Deloitte expects ecommerce, along with direct-mail catalog sales and TV shopping channels, to notch the big gains. Overall retail sales, which are still dominated by bricks-and-mortar stores, are expected to rise a mere 2%.

Deloitte's Alison Paul told Internet Retailer that the strongest results will be delivered by those retailers that...