Cyber Monday Every Day as IPhone Users Shun Retail Stores
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Cyber Monday, billed as one of the busiest online-commerce days of the year, is spilling into the rest of the holiday season as more consumers use mobile devices to shop whenever they please.
No longer waiting to return to work on the Monday after Thanksgiving to surf Web deals, consumers armed with tablets and smartphones are ordering online over a longer stretch, data from ComScore Inc. show. That’s spurring e-commerce heavyweights such as Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. to grapple with retailers including Macy’s Inc. and Sears Holdings Corp. in using online promotions and mobile applications to lure tech-savvy gift buyers long before and after Cyber Monday.