11/28/2011

Cyber Monday From Wikipedia

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, created by companies to persuade people to shop online. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday' Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year".[1] According to the Shop.org/BizRate Research 2005 eHoliday Mood Study, "77 percent of online retailers said that their sales increased substantially on the Monday after Thanksgiving, a trend that is driving serious online discounts and promotions on Cyber Monday this year (2005)". In 2006, Shop.org announced[2] that it launched the CyberMonday.com portal, a one-stop shop for Cyber Monday deals. In 2010, comScore[3] reported that consumers spent $1028M online on Cyber Monday (excluding travel, 2009: $887M), the highest spending day of 2010. Cyber Monday has become an international marketing term used by online retailers inCanada, the United KingdomPortugalGermanyNew Zealand and Chile...Read more From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Cyber Monday
Observed byUnited StatesCanadaUnited KingdomPortugalGermany,New Zealand and Chile
DateMonday after Black Friday
2010 dateNovember 29
2011 dateNovember 28
2012 dateNovember 26
CelebrationsShopping
Related toU.S. ThanksgivingBlack Fridayand Christmas


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