“Cyber Monday” Gains Rivals
“Christmas creep” is spreading through the Internet.
In recent years, Web retailers made hay out of “Cyber Monday,” realizing many office workers shopped from their desks right after the Thanksgiving holiday. But just as brick-and-mortar stores are pushing holiday promotions earlier and earlier on the calendar, the Web version of Christmas creep means online stores including Amazon.com Inc. and closely held Jewelry Television have moved up their own promotions, in some cases overlapping with Halloween.