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Monday, November 29, 2027
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About Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday is the online shopping counterpart to Black Friday, held on the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Created for the era when fast internet lived mainly at offices, it focuses on e-commerce deals: discounted electronics, software, subscriptions, travel, and gifts that shoppers can order from a laptop or phone. It is now one of the biggest online sales days of the year.
The term was coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation's digital division, which noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving as people returned to work and used office connections to keep shopping. Retailers quickly adopted the name and began planning exclusive online promotions for that day. What began as an American marketing idea spread internationally, and online retailers in many countries now run Cyber Monday events of their own.
Celebration today looks like browsing flash sales, comparing prices with browser tools, and waiting for limited-time coupon drops. Many shoppers use the day to buy tech gifts, book holiday travel, or finish wish lists they started over the weekend. Retailers often extend deals across a 'Cyber Week,' and the lines between Black Friday and Cyber Monday keep blurring as stores and websites compete for the same bargain hunters.
History of Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday was born in 2005, when researchers at the National Retail Federation's digital division noticed that online sales reliably spiked on the Monday after Thanksgiving. The theory was simple: over the weekend, shoppers browsed products in stores or on slow home connections, then returned to work on Monday, where faster office internet made ordering easy. The trade group packaged the trend under a catchy name, and retailers adopted it almost immediately with dedicated online promotions. The timing proved durable even as home broadband replaced office connections as the main way people shopped. Each year the event grew, eventually spanning a full 'Cyber Week' of deals and spreading to online retailers in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- When is Cyber Monday?
- It is the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States, three days after Black Friday, so the date changes each year but always falls between November 26 and December 2.
- Is Cyber Monday a public holiday?
- No, it is a regular workday in the United States, not a public holiday, but it is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.
- How do people celebrate Cyber Monday?
- People shop online for discounted electronics, gifts, and travel, compare prices across retailers, and watch for flash sales and coupon codes throughout the day.
- Where did the name Cyber Monday come from?
- The National Retail Federation's digital division coined it in 2005 after noticing that online sales spiked the Monday after Thanksgiving, when shoppers returned to office internet connections.