Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5 at 9:33 am PT
For the second straight year, Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day of the year, hitting $1.25 billion in the U.S.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 27, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
This year, even more people shopped online on Christmas Day, fueled perhaps by finding change in the couch cushions — or, more likely, receiving gift cards in their stockings.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 19, 2011 at 4:04 pm PT
Many retailers are cutting off shipments as early as tomorrow, but a handful will continue accepting orders until Friday.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 12, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT
One of the biggest benefactors will be FedEx, which predicts it will ship a record-breaking number of packages based on the millions of online orders made today.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 5, 2011 at 8:49 am PT
This holiday season is easily breaking records for online shopping. So far, three days have already eclipsed the $1 billion mark, representing three of the four heaviest days in U.S. history.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 29, 2011 at 12:17 pm PT
Cyber Monday set an an all-time high as the heaviest online spending day in history for the second year in a row, with strong sales coming from mobile devices.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 28, 2011 at 2:54 pm PT
Many retailers are enjoying a Thanksgiving shopping spree lift from investors, but not Groupon, which saw its stock fall nine percent today.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 28, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
A year ago today was the biggest online shopping day of 2010, and now retailers are expecting another big blowout as consumers turn out to shop while they work.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on November 26, 2011 at 8:38 am PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
