( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “over the weekend.” Consumers in the U.S. are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to make the most of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon on Cyber Monday. [CutID: <Cuts> CYBER-MONDAY-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: CYBER-MONDAY-house-q-MONam Out-cue: over the weekend] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Consumer spending for […]
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Cyber Monday shoppers expected to set a record
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “over the weekend.”
Consumers in the U.S. are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to make the most of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon on Cyber Monday.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Consumer spending for the online shopping days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday provides an indication of how much shoppers are willing to spend for the holidays.
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VERBATIM: The National Retail Federation coined the term for the Monday after Black Friday in 2005. Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routine, Cyber Monday continues to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to steady discounts and a fair amount of hype. Several major retails actually started their Cyber Monday promotions over the weekend.