If you’re shopping online this holiday season, beware: The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has just exposed a massive Web scam that has cost online shoppers more than $1.4 billion. The revelation is all the more shocking because the con was carried out with the knowledge and support of hundreds of [...]
Leading coupon websites reported record traffic on Cyber Monday. RetailMeNot had 1.1 million visitors, up 57% from a year ago. CouponCabin was visited 400,000 times, up 65% from a year ago. And BradsDeals.com said traffic was up 174%, to 16,000 visitors per hour. The growth has picked up since summer, when 44.1 million adults printed [...]
Online sales were up 11% above Cyber Monday 2008 as of 6:30 p.m. ET, says the website sales tracking firm Coremetrics, which represents 500 major retailers, including Macy’s and Nordstrom. The data were mirrored in results for sites including Buy.com, which had more orders in an hour from 1 to 2 p.m. ET than ever [...]
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