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Cyber Monday

It was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online. The term was coined by Ellen Davis of the National Retail Federation and Scott Silverman, 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".

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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November 05, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers want to touch before they buy, and they want to talk when they purchase. Those promise to stand as two main traits of the...

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