With Black Friday behind us and Cyber Week in full swing, crunch time is near and shoppers are feeling the heat of looming shipping deadlines and inventory that has flown off the shelves.

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The term "Cyber Monday" was first introduced to the retail world in 2005 via a press release from Shop.org. What is now the moniker of one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year was coined by members of the organization and its then-executive director Scott Silverman.

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Around a third of holiday shoppers in this group said they planned to shop equally online and in-store during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend in 2021, per an August 2021 Censuswide survey for Tug. Gen X has not only a solid propensity to shop digitally, but also relatively high household wealth.

By comparison, Cyber Monday saw 77.0 million shop digitally, far more than the 20.3 million who visited physical stores that day. More like this:. Report: US Holiday Shopping 2021. Article: Holiday shopping spending trends shed light on consumer payment preferences. Article: Black Friday 2021 illustrates shifts in consumer behavior and changing retail strategies.

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Initial reports from Cyber Week indicate these strategies are working. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said there were more than 750,000 BNPL transactions on Black Friday, a nearly 400% year-over-year (YoY) increase, while Afterpay reported a 34% increase in orders on Black Friday and Cyber Monday with in-store transactions up 442% YoY.

In August, 47% of UK holiday shoppers ages 16 and older said they would likely do most or all of their Black Friday or Cyber Monday shopping in-store, according to research by Censuswide for digital performance marketing agency Tug. A further 25% said they’d shop equally online and in-store. Retailers will need to up their in-store game.

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The Sunday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, while most of the other top spending days occurred during Cyber Week (November 30 through December 6, 2020). Ecommerce shopping dynamics shifted after Cyber Week, as click and collect played a more prominent role.