An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- April 16, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 12, 2024
Cyber Monday: Are You Shopping at Work?
Are you at work right now? If so, are you one of the sale-seeking consumers making this a great Cyber Monday for retailers?
Cyber Monday came to be because so many people started to realize they could take advantage of the faster broadband connectivity at the office to do some quick holiday shopping after Thanksgiving weekend. In the days of dial-up and slow modems, making an online purchase could take the equivalent of your lunch hour.
Now that high speed internet connections at home is more prevalent, online shopping is becoming part of the norm. Final figures aren't in yet, but analytics firm ComScore says $13.7 billion has been spent online for the holiday season-to-date, marki…
Continue reading...
More About: cyber monday, holidays 2012, online shop, poll
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/SwTMn6A2rkc/
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable