Cybermonday.com had around 2 million online shoppers by 5 p.m., which was up by .5 million people compared to last year. Cybermonday.com features different discounts offered from over 620 retailers. Free shipping is most popular and visitors have also shown interest in GPS devices and games such as the Nintendo Wii which are usually very hard to find during the holiday season for a reasonable price.
Melissa Payner, chief executive officer of Bluefly, said it was apparent by mid-afternoon Monday that the off-price website was tracking an increase over last Cyber Monday. This was a comment from a lot of off-price websites. People are still wanting to buy their usual holiday gifts but are trying to find bargains anywhere they can. The trend on Monday appeared to keep the increase of sales figures that began building last week. Nielsen Online reported that eBay was the top online retail destination on Black Friday, with a unique audience of nearly 9.9 million, a 7 percent increase from 2007.
Maybe this Holiday Season will be a Merry one after all.
-Katie Davidson
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