Today is "Cyber Monday"--the Monday after "Black Friday" (for Shopping) (that is, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA). This was "self-proclaimed" last year as the equivalent day for Internet shopping as "Black Friday" is for retail "brick and mortar" stores.
Sales have been promoted over the last few weeks--both in physical stores and Internet stores--and retailers are "letting out the stops" to encourage purchasing any way they can convince shoppers to buy.
I shop regularly via the Internet when I have something that is offered in that medium. Cyber Monday did not influence me to make any purchases and the ones I'm making now are my routine purchases that I would be making regardless of the day or promotion.
The media is tracking "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" and reporting the ups and down in shopping compared to last year. The economy is still having its own ups and downs and there will be more demand for the available dollars than there are dollars.
The "best buys" and "steepest discounts" don't have much meaning if you cannot use the money for shopping the "latest and greatest" (in whatever form it takes.)
Monday, November 30, 2009
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