The markets rejoiced as numbers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday exceeded (lowered) expectations.
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The company set a new record for Kindle sales on November 26, AKA Cyber Monday.
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Additionally, over one-fourth of Cyber Monday shoppers (28.1%) will shop in the early evening.
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Already, Black Friday spending rose 7% over 2010, and Cyber Monday sales rose 22%.
Sales figures after Black Friday and Cyber Monday are already up over last year.
If consumers use reward points to shop online tomorrow, Cyber Monday, on ultimaterewards.com, they'll save 30%.
According to IBM's Smarter Commerce arm, Cyber Monday online sales jumped 30 percent this year.
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In 2011, online traffic on Thanksgiving and Black Friday closely matched those on Cyber Monday.
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Going to see a ton of business shift from Cyber Monday to Thanksgiving day.
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Not to be outdone, Amazon is offering a few Cyber Monday deals of its own.
Google is hoping to boost its new service with a special slate of Cyber Monday deals.
Cyber Monday is now one of the biggest online shopping days of the year.
He notes that the site has extended its Cyber Monday discounting through December 3.
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In 2006, Shop.org launched the CyberMonday.com portal, a one-stop shop for Cyber Monday deals.
Cyber Monday is a marketing term created in 2005 by Shop.org, an association of multichannel retailers.
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Cyber Monday was meant as a counter PHRASE rather than a hard and fast date.
Cyber Monday growth forecasts include a 20 percent increase in sales volume that day.
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And Amazon is grouping a bunch of sale TVs together under the header of Cyber Monday.
In 2010, Cyber Monday became the largest online sales day of the year for the first time.
Mobile payments were 29% of all purchases the company tracked, with mobile commerce peaking on Cyber Monday.
Technology has already altered the shopping season, from Cyber Monday deals to bargain hunting on our phones.
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Consumers were also likely waiting for Cyber Monday with its own set of discounts, sales and promotions.
Today, Cyber Monday is viewed as the ceremonial kickoff to the online holiday shopping season, according to Shop.org.
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In addition, Cyber Monday shoppers said they plan to go online throughout the day, according to the survey.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone but I still have plenty of shopping to do.
"For fraudsters, every day is Cyber Monday, " says Sean Brady, director of RSA's identity and data protection group.
Obvious by the figures published in the news, Black Friday and Cyber Monday produced record figures this year.
The proportion of retailers offering Cyber Monday promotions has risen from 72 percent to 88 percent since 2007.
By now, Cyber Monday is probably as big as Black Friday in terms of sales and retail excitement.
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So, if giving weird, possibly inappropriate gifts is your thing, hop online before they're all gone on Cyber Monday.
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