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Black Friday sales online top $1 billion for first time: comScore
Reuters ^ | Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:44pm EST | Alistair Barr

Posted on 11/25/2012 6:44:48 PM PST by Olog-hai

Black Friday retail sales online this year topped $1 billion for the first time ever as more consumers used the Internet do their early holiday shopping, comScore Inc said on Sunday.

Online sales jumped 26 percent on Black Friday to $1.04 billion from sales of $816 million on the corresponding day last year, according to comScore data. …

E-commerce accounts for less than 10 percent of consumer spending in the United States. However, it is growing much faster than bricks-and-mortar retail as shoppers are lured by low prices, convenience, faster shipping and wide selection. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; cybermonday; ecommerce; feedingfrenzy; onlineshopping

1 posted on 11/25/2012 6:44:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

My time, safety, and sanity is worth more than any “Black Friday Doorbuster”.

Count me among the “cyberMonday” earlybirds.


2 posted on 11/25/2012 6:57:51 PM PST by lightman (If the Patriarchate of the East held a state like the Vatican I would apply for political asylum.)
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To: lightman

I walked in to best Buy last night at 8 pm and got what I wanted without lining up like these losers.


3 posted on 11/25/2012 7:03:20 PM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: Olog-hai

When was the last time you heard about fights breaking out in the checkout lines at Amazon?


4 posted on 11/25/2012 7:10:02 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Olog-hai

Nothing new for us that live in remote areas of the U.S. With Best Buy, Walmart and the other big box stores hundreds of miles away, we used to order out of printed catalogs years ago - now we have switched to doing it online. Same thing, just a different medium.


5 posted on 11/25/2012 7:31:01 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Olog-hai

If there’s a recession I don’t see it. I passed three Outlet Malls yesterday and the parking lots were all full. People were parking on the grass.

Me? I’ve cut off all the liberals in my life so I don’t have to buy presents for them. And for that, I’m grateful.


6 posted on 11/25/2012 8:11:59 PM PST by Terry Mross (I haven't watched the news since the election. Someone ping me if anything big happens.)
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To: Olog-hai

I’d love to know where all these people are getting all this money for buying electronics. I’m not going to be able to afford anything for anybody this year.


7 posted on 11/25/2012 8:53:17 PM PST by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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To: Olog-hai

I did some shopping online, and it was a perk to get a coupon and free shipping, but my shopping had nothing to do with Black Friday/ Cyber Monday. I would have bought the items anyway. I’ve moved away from Amazon and have been doing a lot more shopping on Overstock. I’ve been really pleased with the quality of the things I’ve gotten from them. They’ve exceeded my expectations. I do probably the majority of my shopping online. I live in Las Vegas. I’m loathe to even go to the grocery store here. I switched grocery stores after an Obozo campaign office opened next to mine in the plaza. It’s sister store isn’t much better. It’s looking like I’ll be shopping in the Mexican grocery store now.


8 posted on 11/26/2012 1:34:31 AM PST by pops88 (Geek chick standing with Breitbart for truth)
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