US Thanksgiving, Black Friday store sales fall, online rises

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Statistics show that more than 50% of online traffic for Cyber Monday in USA a year ago came from desktops hinting that most people were possibly logged in from their offices.

The start of the holiday season is in full swing with all of its rituals. Consumers scrambled for the early online Black Friday items. Walmart’s Cyber Monday 2016 offers great-value finds particularly in clothing and some leading brands of Smart LED televisions.

Trying to hide your on-the-job Cyber Monday shopping – as long as it is within reason – may not even be necessary. In fact, Adobe predicted that online Thanksgiving sales this year would top $2 billion, up 15 percent from the previous year.

Some shoppers still have their reservations about shopping online.

“I’m just looking for the best bargains this time of year”, said David Williams. “‘If so, when is it acceptable and is there anything that I should look out for?'”

Cyber Monday can also assist local charities, some websites allow visitors to donate a portion of their proceeds to a charity of choice.

“Thanksgiving has become the new Cyber Monday”, said Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at the Consumer Technology Association. Born in United States retail stores, the occasion has become the biggest online shopping day of the year – shops, both online and brick-and-mortar, slice prices to stand out in the Thanksgiving holiday rush.

Stewart feels the in-store concept of Black Friday shopping has lost some of its luster, and not only from being overtaken by Cyber Monday in the spending column.

The psychological and physical toll that Black Friday retail workers take is immeasurable. Retailers usually keep their Cyber Monday deals a secret until the very last minute but shoppers can expect great prices on fashion and beauty products.

Australia Post’s eCommerce general manager Ben Franzi said in the lead-up to this year’s Black Friday-Cyber Monday Sales, monthly registrations for the group’s USA freight forwarding service, ShopMate, tripled. It’s part of what’s come to be known as Cyber Monday for about the past decade, during which businesses lure customers through online specials across America. It is when the best travel deals in the U.S. become more appealing than a normal day.

CNN reported that Cyber Monday 2016 on Amazon will showcase a wide array of products in different categories, although electronics are expected to be the big sellers.

“In the past month we had about 13,500 new registrations, compared with our monthly average of 3000 to 4000”, Mr Franzi said. About quarter of employees said they shop with both while at work. Employers in the United States have been cracking down on employees using company PCs and devices for Cyber Monday.