The total spend over the two-month period of the GSS (28 May - 25 July 2010) was US$893.2 million (Sin$1.21 billion), as compared to the US$697.7 million (Sin$944.8 million) spent in the same period last year (29 May – 26 July 2009). The total number of transactions rose 18% to 7,197,885 this year. Full Story