To be sure, Cyber Monday hasn't always been the biggest online shopping day. "Now they don't need the work computer to be able to do that.''īut as other days become popular for online shopping, Cyber Monday may lose some of its cache. So when they went back to work after Thanksgiving they'd shop on the Monday after,'' said Vicki Cantrell, executive director of. "People years ago didn't have the kind of connectivity to shop online at their homes. The National Retail Federation estimates that overall retail sales in November and December will be up 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion. And the firm expects online sales to surpass 10 percent of total retail spending this holiday season. Meanwhile, online sales on Black Friday were up 20.7 percent.įor the overall holiday season, research firm comScore predicts online sales will be up 17 percent to $43.4 billion. Of that, mobile shopping, or shopping on smartphones and tablets, rose 18.3 percent. Indeed, IBM Benchmark, which tracks online sales, said on Thanksgiving, a day that historically had not been big for online shopping, online sales this year rose 17.4 percent over 2011. With the growth in high-speed Internet access and the wide and increasing use of smartphones and tablet computers, people are relying less on their work computers to shop than they did when, the digital division of trade group The National Retail Federation, coined the term "Cyber Monday'' in 2005.Īs a result, the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday has become busy for online shopping as well. It's really just the excitement of the season."Īnd how well retailers do on Cyber Monday will offer insight into Americans' evolving shopping habits. "Whether it's real or perceived is not the point. "I think most of us enjoy getting a bargain," said Denise Galiber of Harlem. But some say this time of year, a little shopping addiction is OK. Others will access deals on the go using smart phones and iPads, making it easy to get addicted. "I have nieces and nephews, so I buy a lot for them, and in all honesty I also buy for myself." "Just discounts on toys," said Joey Schaljo of Manhattan.
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