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Episode: Cyber Monday shoppers were expected to set a record on the year’s biggest day for online shopping
Description: Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday—a term coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation—has become the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it.
Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping, expected consumers to spend a record $13.2 billion on December 2 (Monday), 6.1% more than last year. That would make it the season’s—and the year’s—biggest shopping day for e-commerce.
Online spending was expected to peak between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p...