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Cyber Monday Update - Clearance Sales Amidst the Holiday Season

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

ComScore’s numbers are in: Cyber Monday sales grew 15% year over year, making last Monday the second biggest single day on record for ecommerce. However, this performance hides a fair share of rebalancing, as shown by the chart below, as consumers held off on purchases until Monday this year. The overall ...

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Will Cyber-Monday Online Sales Hold?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Historically, online sales on cyber Monday have been a good indicator of ecommerce’s year over year growth for the Holiday season. ComScore reports that online sales for this year’s Black Friday grew a measly 2% year over year. “Early reports suggest that Black Friday sales in retail stores were slightly ...

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