If an online sales front is out of the USA it does not necessarily enhance the USA economy.
These shopping days have an effect for Wall Street regardless of what sells. It does not necessarily reflect a measure of the "Made in America" brand and could easily move monies outside the country.
"Shopping Local Always" needs to replace "Wall Street Sales Days" of merchandise manufactured outside the USA.
These shopping days have an effect for Wall Street regardless of what sells. It does not necessarily reflect a measure of the "Made in America" brand and could easily move monies outside the country.
"Shopping Local Always" needs to replace "Wall Street Sales Days" of merchandise manufactured outside the USA.
November 27, 2012, 9:27 a.m.
And if Cyber Monday's online sales (click here) weren't impressive enough, Adobe says that mobile shopping doubled from last year and accounted for 22% of Cyber Monday sales.
On the opposite end of that spectrum was social, which referred only a dismal 2% of total site visits on Cyber Monday. Even worse for Facebook and Twitter is the fact their number of referrals stayed the same as last year's, while Pinterest's referrals for the holiday grew 105%, accounting for 15% of social referrals.
As for what people were buying, Adobe said that toys and sporting goods led the way, followed by health and beauty. Home and auto was the third most selling category....