Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: AP-Excite

By MAE ANDERSON

NEW YORK (AP) - Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn.

Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed online sales spiked on the Monday following Thanksgiving, is the next in a series of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season.

It's estimated that this year's Cyber Monday will be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row: According to research firm comScore, Americans are expected to spend $1.5 billion, up 20 percent from last year on Cyber Monday, as retailers have ramped up their deals to get shoppers to click on their websites.

Amazon.com, which is starting its Cyber Monday deals at midnight on Monday, is offering as much as 60 percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch TV that's usually priced higher than $1,000. Sears is offering $430 off a Maytag washer and dryer, each on sale for $399. And Kmart is offering 75 percent off all of its diamond earrings and $60 off a 12-in-1 multigame table on sale for $89.99.

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In this Friday, Nov. 29, 2008, file photo, carts full of merchandise ordered online are rolled to the main packing area for shipping at the Overstock.com warehouse, in Salt Lake City. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season. This year it is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

[2Design]

1. yes I am part of it

renewed a NAPP membership with 6 months free so 18 months for price of one year

And got software from Corel

[AAO]

2. Darn, out of step once again!

I did all my cyber shopping today. I spent a boatload of cyber money too.

[ohtransplant]

3. I hope this is the biggest cyber-Monday yet.

I do much of my shopping online. I love the deals and cashback.

[Lugnut]

4. I do a lot of online shopping.

I'm disabled so it's much easier for me to manage than shopping at brick-and-mortar stores.

[Akoto]

5. Same here, and same reason!

I could get out if I really had to, but I'd pay for it in pain levels. Those are bad enough when left alone! Online shopping is an awesome thing for people like us.

[Lugnut]

7. I hear you!

We have to do things our way. Thank goodness we can with the internet.

[blueclown]

6. I read this article and think of Mac Mcclelland

I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

[Rhiannon12866]

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