The hustle and bustle is upon us with the holiday season fast approaching. Black Friday has been the traditional kick off to holiday shopping and the official start to the holiday season. The term Black Friday was not used routinely until 1975. With more and more awareness being brought about because of the internet and the extra exposure, Black Friday has become one of the biggest shopping days of the holiday season, until recently.
In 2005, retailers saw an influx of people buying products online instead of having to deal with the holiday crowds and the pushiness of holiday shoppers. According to Wikipedia, Cyber Monday was started by marketing companies to get buyers to start shopping more online. According to an IBM analysis of Cyber Monday 2012, online sales grew by more than 30% from the prior year. In fact, according to other shopping reports, more people even shopped online on Black Friday.
Since the start of Cyber Monday back in 2005, retailers have seen a steady increase in sales each year. In 2010, Cyber Monday has become one of the biggest shopping days for online. Sales are steadily increasing each year with sales topping out at $1.028 Billion dollars in 2010. Needless to say, sites like cybermonday2013.io tremendously help online shoppers by showing many great deals in one convenient spot. The “Cyber Monday” term has also become an international marketing term being used by different countries.
Most things have gone great with Cyber Monday sales, even though employers have been cracking down on their employees using company equipment and for non-work related activities on the time clock. There has been a problem with employees taking advantage of employers and for that they have been getting in trouble.
Cyber Monday is turning into the new Black Friday. With all of the deals that are going on, you should be able to cut your shopping cost in half.
