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  • December 2007
    • Holiday E-Commerce Still Suffers Growing Pains

      Holiday E-Commerce Still Suffers Growing Pains

      (Newser) - As online retailers post record sales this year, holiday e-commerce meltdowns show that stores still don't have the kinks ironed out of their sites. Despite increased capacity on retail sites, crashes such as Sears.com's eight-hour Black Friday crash and Yahoo Shopping's 10-hour Cyber Monday outage continue to plague holiday online shopping, Wired reports. More »

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      Yahoo   online advertising   retail sales   holiday shopping   online retailers   Sears   Black Friday   Cyber Monday

  • November 2007
    • 'Cyber Monday' Breaks Records

      'Cyber Monday' Breaks Records

      (Newser) - Online sales on Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, soared 21% over the previous year to a record-breaking $733 million, Marketwatch reports. Some 60% of the purchases were made from work, say comScore analysts; the average dollars spent per buyer decreased 12% from the same day a year earlier. More »

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      shopping   holiday shopping   online retailers   Cyber Monday

    • Done With Black Friday? Here Comes Cyber Monday

      Done With Black Friday? Here Comes Cyber Monday

      (Newser) - Black Friday has worked out pretty well for brick-and-mortar retailers, but for their online counterparts the action is on Cyber Monday. Tomorrow, 75% of online retailers will have special promotions, CNNMoney reports, up from 43% two years ago. It’s not actually the biggest online shopping day of the year, but it is the symbolic start of their holiday season. More »

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      holiday shopping   online retailers   Cyber Monday

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