The busiest day ever for online shopping will be Monday 1 December 2014, according to a prediction from online giant Amazon.
On that day – which has become known as ‘Cyber Monday’ in the UK – retailers will discount thousands of products in a bid to tempt Christmas shoppers to part with their money.
As a result, it’s predicted that millions of shoppers will rush to buy gifts from online retailers such as Amazon, eBay and Play.com armed with their last pay cheque before Christmas on Friday 28th November. Having spent the weekend browsing the shops, by Monday they’re ready to purchase online and take advantage of one-day only savings.
Cyber Monday falls three days after ‘Black Friday’ – the day US customers have traditionally hit the shops to take advantage of post -Thanksgiving discounts.
Last year, more than 4.1 million items were ordered through Amazon on Cyber Monday, at a rate of around 47 items per second, with sales reaching their peak at 9.22 pm.
During its busiest trading day of 2013, delivery lorries left the retailer’s fulfilment centres on average every 93 seconds!
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