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Shoppers walk by signage advertising Black Friday sales at Dolphins Mall in Doral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016.

The term Cyber Monday was invented in 2005 by the National Retail Federation trade group when its employees noticed a jump in online sales following the traditional post-Thanksgiving Black Friday start to the holiday shopping season.

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Forbes reports that Cyber Monday is expected to see $3.36 billion in sales this year.

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“Millions of consumers shopped over Thanksgiving weekend and reserved a portion of their budgets exclusively for Cyber Monday”, NRF CEO Matthew Shay said in a statement.

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That seems consistent with data released by Google last week showing that foot traffic in stores tends to peak between noon and 4 p.m. on Black Friday. “Consumers are pushing retailers toward deals and bargain”, she told the Daily News. But after...

There have been ten billion-dollar spending days on desktop through Black Friday this year, while last year at this point in the season only Thanksgiving and Black Friday had reached that threshold.

Putting together some of the data points, Roxanne Meyer, a “softlines” retail analyst for MKM Partners, who follows traditional retailers, notes that Urban Outfitters (URBN) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) were among shops that had increased promotional activities this...

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About 154 million shoppers made purchases at stores or on e-commerce sites this holiday weekend, the National Retail Federation reported Sunday, a bump up from the 151 million people who a year ago participated in the annual barrage of Black Friday deals. A survey released Sunday...

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When you think about the choice between fighting crowds at the store, or buying things with a few clicks from your couch at home, it’s no surprise that Cyber Monday has gradually been taking the place of Black Friday as top shopping holiday. This is great on Cyber Monday....