Positive Black Friday and Cyber Monday Numbers The largest shopping weekend of the year showed that online retailers could still put up solid numbers despite the recession. ComScore reported Cyber Monday sales at $846 million up 15% over last year. According to the National Retail Federation shopper...

Barry Ritholtz points out the hype and spin in the media coverage of Black Friday. Journalism 101 instructs writers to understand your sources and what their motivation may be. But the media often don't seem to let that get in the way of a good story. Much of the reporting of Black Friday focused on...

As white-collar workers return desultorily to their desk jobs, they waste time by shopping online. To capitalize on this, a group of online retailers invented "Cyber Monday," a day of Internet discounts to match Black Friday's in-store deals. You'd think that the planned traffic from such a staged e...

Today’s Cyber Monday, and that means great online deals all day. And unless you want to get trampled, I’d say it’s best to stay home this year and get all your shopping done online and out of the way of the angry mob. So I’ve compiled a ton of online options to get the job do...

Cyber Monday one of the few times that the general population uses the word “cyber.” On first glance, Cyber Monday is also looking like a decent price competitor to Black Friday, now forever remembered as the day that poor Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death. After a glance at Amazon...

  Market analysts think 2008 could be the year when the holiday shopping season proves to be a  marathon, not a sprint. While it's still too early to determine just how successful Black Friday was, retailers are pinning their hopes on Cyber Monday(a nickname coined by the National Federati...

The Tiger Direct Cyber Monday Sale is live! Here are the current coupons and deals at Tiger Direct: Tiger Direct - $80 off Logitech G51 Surround Sound Speaker System, only $119.99 after Rebate Posted on 12/1/08 and Expires on 12/1/08 Tiger Direct - $20 off Logitech MX620 Cordless Laser Mouse USB, on...

The SmartBargains Cyber Monday Sale is live! Here are the current coupons and deals at SmartBargains: SmartBargains - Free Shipping on All Purchases Posted on 12/1/08 and Expires on 12/1/08 SmartBargains - Extra 25%-40% off Diamonds Posted on 12/1/08 and Expires on 12/1/08 SmartBargains - Extra 30% ...

The National Geographic Store Cyber Monday Sale is live! Here are the current coupons and deals at National Geographic Store: National Geographic Store - Free Shipping w/ any Purchase using coupon code MR10053 Posted on 12/1/08 and Expires on 12/1/08 National Geographic Store - 20% off Purchase usin...

I’m probably “one to talk” about this right now, being that I’ve been so wrapped up in projects for the past month that I’ve yet to even clear up the to-do list for this site, but I wanted to help you guys prepare over the weekend for what’s known as the busiest o...