Cyber Monday set to be the biggest online shopping day ever

Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn.
Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to work, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jump-start the holiday shopping season.

Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row

This year's Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row.
According to research firm comScore, Americans are expected to spend $1.5 billion, up from $1.25 billion last year on Cyber Monday, as retailers ramp up deals to get shoppers to click on their websites.

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