2007.11.26
Online shopping and the holidays
It’s back to the daily grind after last week's turkey, early morning shopping and traveling.
Today is the day that online retailers may receive an early Christmas present. Retail experts market the Monday after Thanksgiving as Cyber Monday, a 24-hour period that is one of the busiest for holiday-related online sales.
I received some statistics about online shopping today in my inbox from Yahoo! Shopping.
Here’s some of the info:
• Compared to the holiday shopping season of 2006, page view traffic is up 37% for the 2007 Holiday season (to date)
• Top 10 products from the weekend, based on Yahoo’s poll:
1. Transformers Ultimate Bumblebee
2. Nintendo Wii
3. Apple iPhone 8GB
4. Sharp Aquos LC-46D62U
5. Nintendo DS Lite Onyx
6. Kenneth Cole Reaction black wool melton trench coat
7. Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527
8. Apple iPod nano 8GB (3G) - Black
9. Microsoft Zune Brown
10. Xbox 360
• 2007 Top Electronics, so far:
• LCD & Plasma Televisions
• Smart-phones with keypad
• Apple iPhone 8GB
• Other popular online shopping days predicted for 2007: Dec. 3, Dec.10
Also, here’s an interesting assessment about how the Black Friday weekend played out in retail sales. Check out this article in the New York Times.
Let me know what kinds of deals that you found last weekend or online recently.
