"Cyber Monday Sales Jump 16% to $2.29 Billion; Internet Retailers Take 42% Share" via Adobe Digital Index.  "A record 18.3 percent of sales came from mobile devices, an increase of 80 percent YoY. Consumer shopping preferences continued to shift online with Cyber Monday being the fifth day in a row of record breaking online sales. While “Brick and Click” retailers dominated Thanksgiving weekend sales, Internet retailers generated the most sales on Cyber Monday with a 42 percent share."  Read more   "IBM Benchmark:  Cyber Monday Sales Up 19%; Delivers Blow to Physical Stores" by Danielle Kucera at Bloomberg.  "Online sales [...]

  Thanksgiving / Black Friday stats at a  Glance: National Retail Federation (NRF) * Traffic Up:  More than 141 million unique shoppers have already or will have shopped by the end of the big Thanksgiving weekend, up from 139 million over the same time frame last year. * Spending Down:  Shoppers spent $407.02 from Thursday through Sunday, down from $423.55 last year. * Young are Active:  More than three-quarters (76.2%) of 18 – 34 year olds shopped or planned to shop over the holiday weekend – higher than any other age group. Read the NRF Release   ShopperTrak * Traffic [...]