Cyber Monday finns inte mer
Längtat efter att få ta del av onlineerbjudanden under ”Cyber Monday”?
Då får du bereda dig på att handla redan på söndagen.
Flera stora e-handelsaktörer, däribland Walmart, kommer att erbjuda alla sin rabatterade varor redan på söndag kväll, alltså innan själva cyber-måndagen, skriver internationella medier.
Den bristande respekten för kalenderbitarna sägs framförallt bottna i den allt hårdnande konkurrensen på e-handel i USA.
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Cyber Monday är ett köpevent för e-handel
Wikipedia (en)
Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. The term was coined by Ellen Davis and made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year".
According to the Shop.org/Bizrate Research 2005 eHoliday Mood Study, "77 percent of online retailers said that their sales increased substantially on the Monday after Thanksgiving, a trend that is driving serious online discounts and promotions on Cyber Monday this year (2005)".
In 2014, Cyber Monday online sales grew to a record $2.68 billion, compared with last year's $2.29 billion. However, the average order value was $124, down slightly from 2013's $128.
The deals on Cyber Monday are online-only and generally offered by smaller retailers that cannot compete with the big retailers. Black Friday generally offers better deals on technology, with nearly 85% more data storage deals than Cyber Monday. The past Black Fridays saw far more deals for small appliances, cutlery, and kitchen gadgets on average than Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is larger for fashion retail. On the past two Cyber Mondays, there were an average of 45% more clothing deals than on Black Friday. There were also 50% more shoe deals on Cyber Monday than on Black Friday.
Cyber Monday has become an international marketing term used by online retailers in Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Uganda, Japan, Portugal, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom.
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^ "'Cyber Monday' Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year". Shop.org.
^ http://www.fundivo.com/stats/cyber-monday-statistics/
^ "What's the difference between Black Friday and Cyber Monday?". Mirror.co.uk. Mirror.co.uk. Nov 28, 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
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