Peak U.S. Web sales move closer to Christmas

Cyber-shoppers seen benefiting from faster shipping

[bobothecat]

U.S. shoppers head to the Web on the Monday after Thanksgiving, a day that has become known as "Cyber Monday," but retailers say peak online shopping is coming later and later in the season as shipping improves.

[msnbc.msn.com...]

[budgie]

Interesting contrast with a UK article I read this morning (search for e-consultancy):

One of the biggest factors holding back consumers from doing their Christmas shopping online is concern about delivery times

[edited by: lorax at 6:45 pm (utc) on Nov. 16, 2006]
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