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Cyber
Monday Evolves into Cyber Week
from The Washington Post
Americans long ago adopted the notion of the “holiday
season,” extending what were originally one-day
celebrations into weeks of merriment and cheer.
So it should come as little surprise that they’re
starting to drag out Cyber Monday, too. |
"Cyber
Week" Sales Hit Record $6 Billion
from Digital Trends
Americans spent a total of nearly $6 billion in
online purchases during ‘Cyber Week’
2011, according to a report from market research
firm comScore. |
Holiday Spending: Just How Important Is
Free Shipping to Online Shoppers?
from Time
Online shoppers won't complete their orders unless
free shipping is part of the deal. Nearly two-thirds
of online purchases last week were shipped for free.
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Cyber
Monday Sees Brits spend £19m AN HOUR on the
Biggest Online Shopping Day of the Year
from The Daily Mail
The total outlay is expected to be a remarkable
£456million in just 24 hours, with sales peaking
between 1pm and 2pm when office staff logged on
during their lunch breaks. |
Retailers
Find Holiday Spirit Through Social Media
from Forbes
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and
once again, we find ourselves scrambling to figure
out what to buy our friends and family. |
Cyber
Monday's Unintended Consequences & Other Key
Themes Emerging in Retail
from Yahoo! Finance
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, it's
time to move past the retail euphoria and look ahead
to the sustainability of strong retail sales through
the key holiday shopping season.
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Is
Cyber Monday just PR spin?
from The Guardian
Online shopping will peak at 9pm tonight... or was
it last Monday? Is Cyber Monday a real phenomenon
or just spin to panic people into shopping? |
Cyber
Monday: From Promotional Myth to E-Retail Madness
from Yahoo! News
Not that long ago, the industry was labeling Cyber
Monday nothing but a marketing myth. Skeptics said
it was far from the biggest online shopping day
of the year, that nothing would be able to trump
Black Friday, and that it would be nothing but a
promotional term. |
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