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'Cyber Monday' Sets Record For Retail Sales on the Web
WSJ ^ | November 28 2007 | MYLENE MANGALINDAN

Posted on 11/28/2007 3:33:31 AM PST by NautiNurse

Consumers responded eagerly to online retailers' promotions for "Cyber Monday," setting a record for single-day online retail sales.

Online sales for the Monday after Thanksgiving rose 21% to $733 million, according to comScore Inc., a Reston, Va., market research company that tracks Internet sales and traffic.

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This year, 44% of Internet users shopped online Monday, with 60% of dollars spent online that day coming from work computers, while the balance came from home and university computers, according to comScore.

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KEYWORDS: cybermonday
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Doom and gloom takes a back seat to Christmas shopping.

Online shopping offers lots of discounts and bargains. You can even earn frequent flyer miles while cyber shopping. No crowds, no parking hassles. What's not to like?

Well, maybe the boss doesn't appreciate the lost productivity from shopping during work time.

1 posted on 11/28/2007 3:33:32 AM PST by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

Well now, I like good news — and sales.


2 posted on 11/28/2007 3:45:48 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

...and no taxes.


3 posted on 11/28/2007 4:06:09 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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To: NautiNurse
I was thinking the other day the press (you know how they always put a negative spin on good news) after sales were up something like 8 1/2% on Black Friday was lamenting "well yes, but on-line sales will be down on Monday off setting this" or something like that. Also I thought I remembered them predicting that on-line sales would suppress Black Friday sales...

Am I remembering wrong???
4 posted on 11/28/2007 4:31:44 AM PST by Proverbs 3-5
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Depends upon the retail store. Many charge sales tax if there is a brick and mortar presence in the customer’s state.


5 posted on 11/28/2007 4:33:17 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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Depends upon the retail store. Many charge sales tax if there is a brick and mortar presence in the customer’s state.

True! Also if they are owned by a store that has a brick and mortar presence. For example I have to pay sales tax to Land's End because they are owned by Sears...
6 posted on 11/28/2007 4:36:21 AM PST by Proverbs 3-5
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I heard a doom and gloom story telling us we shouldn't get excited about "Black Friday's" success until we saw how Monday played out.

Not to worry--they'll find a negative indicator to shove into the headlines.

7 posted on 11/28/2007 4:39:49 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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To: NautiNurse

Free shipping, no sales tax, shop in your jammies...


8 posted on 11/28/2007 4:41:00 AM PST by petercooper ("Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime." - Nicole Gelinas - 02-10-04)
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Ah yes...shopping in jammies, no make-up, no long cashier lines...


9 posted on 11/28/2007 4:45:41 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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Ah yes...shopping in jammies, no make-up, no long cashier lines...

And if you run the numbers for a trip to the Mall, and pay yourself the Minimum Wage to do it, you find that the "Guy In The Brown Truck" can do it a lot cheaper than you can.

10 posted on 11/28/2007 4:58:13 AM PST by Gorzaloon
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I purchased a HD LCD 47” tv on Wednesday - before Thanksgiving, from Circuit City. On Cyber Monday, the same set is being sold as a “deal” at 200 bucks more than I paid.


11 posted on 11/28/2007 5:15:19 AM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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LOL--one day I was trying to fix the mailbox door after the USPS worker broke it off at the hinge. FedEx guy pulled up, and dashed over to fix it for me.

Now that's service above and beyond the call of duty.

12 posted on 11/28/2007 5:15:48 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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LOL--one day I was trying to fix the mailbox door after the USPS worker broke it off at the hinge. FedEx guy pulled up, and dashed over to fix it for me.

Now that's service above and beyond the call of duty.

That is the beauty of competition! You should have held out for the DHL truck-You might have gotten a new mailbox.

13 posted on 11/28/2007 5:18:26 AM PST by Gorzaloon
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Comparison shopping online is a whole lot easier than driving around store to store.


14 posted on 11/28/2007 5:18:41 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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You should have held out for the DHL truck-You might have gotten a new mailbox.

ROFL!

15 posted on 11/28/2007 5:19:21 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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Got a pair of shoes - 20% off with CYBERMONDAY discount code. Took a couple of minutes - paid no tax and burned no gas. Sweet.


16 posted on 11/28/2007 5:22:13 AM PST by randita
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To: NautiNurse
Comparison shopping online is a whole lot easier than driving around store to store.

As long as you watch out for the "Reviews". A lot of them are salted by the bad companies.

Search "Broadway Camera Scam" on Google and prepare to be entertained. I found it is ALWAYS best, EVERY TIME, when encountering the lowest online price to ALWAYS take a minute to enter "(Business Name) Scam" prior to ordering. You can save yourself from some terrible experiences. Some of these places do business under a dozen or more names, and often are a hole-in-the-wall operation.

17 posted on 11/28/2007 5:24:18 AM PST by Gorzaloon
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"Cyber Monday"? I wish they'd stop making up names.

Cyber Monday, if it ever existed, doesn't exist the way it used to. People used to start shopping after Thanksgiving. Then they'd go back to work and shop online.

Most people are capable of shopping online at home now. They have the computers, they have the access and they have the speed that they didn't in years past. No reason to wait for the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Nothing kills a predictable trend like telling people that they're part of it!

18 posted on 11/28/2007 5:35:03 AM PST by Tanniker Smith ("What are we doing tomorrow, Hil?" "Same thing we do every night, Bill, try to take over the world!")
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Got a pair of shoes - 20% off with CYBERMONDAY discount code.

Love it! I admit, I'm a preferred shopper with Zappos. Imelda and I have one common affinity...

19 posted on 11/28/2007 5:42:46 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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To: Gorzaloon

That’s when it really pays to review the online shopping comparison sites. Lots of mediocre reviews with an occasional good one = stay away. In these cases, the lowest price is, indeed, too good to be true.


20 posted on 11/28/2007 5:45:07 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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