It seems this year that online retailers saw a significant spike in sales online on “Cyber Monday” this year spending $733 million making it the first time a single day of online retail spending broke the $700 million threshold.That makes it a 17-percent gain from last year’s totals and an 84-percent increase from normal daily online spending from the four previous weeks.
With the internet being the choice of the future for consumers during the holiday season, we saw a 38-percent increase in the number of people shopping online.Also, more people visited online retailers on Cyber Monday (32.5 million) than stores on Black Friday (28.8 million).
From browsing to buying, the Internet plays a larger role than ever in holiday shopping. Shoppers, who are expected to spend at least$791.10 each this year on holiday merchandise, will use the Internet for an average of one-fourth (28.9%) of their shopping.
Though nearly half (47.1%) of consumers plan to make at least one holiday purchase online this year, up from 36.0 percent from a few years ago, many will also use the Internet to browse before heading to stores to buy. According to the survey, most consumers (88.7%) regularly or occasionally examine products on the Internet before buying in a store.
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, his primary purpose was to create a collaborative environment in which scientists with common interests could share research findings.However, during the 1990s the web took a dramatic, business-driven turn, and the cooperative dream of its creator was lost in the dot-com stampede.But with the advent of a more user-involved internet (dubbed “Web 2.0”), we are experiencing a rebirth of Berners-Lee’s vision.The heart of Web 2.0 is social networking – programs that enable user-friendly, real-time communication among browsers.
Before we "shop ‘til we drop," we search. Whether due to high gas prices, shrinking personal time, or the Internet's daily inclusion in our lives, a recent study revealed that over 90 percent of adults regularly research products, services, and brands online before buying them. We might say shoppers are saving two critical life elements- time and money - by spending some pre-shopping time online.
Research To Purchase Facts
Adults Who Regularly Search Before Purchase
92 percent
Electronics
50.8 percent search before this purchase
Apparel
31.9 percent search before this purchase
Appliances
27.0 percent search before this purchase
Source RAMA - Retail Advertising And Marketing Association
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
- Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician and physicist
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president
Character, not circumstance, makes the person.
- Booker T. Washington, Educator and humanitarian
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig."
Before you dash off a quick email or instant message to a friend or family member during a protracted work meeting , remember that your message may be monitored. Over three-quarters (76%) of US firms report that they record and review their employees communications on the job, with over half retaining and reviewing email.
The consequences of misuse can be severe. The American Management Association reports that one in four companies have terminated employees for email misuse. This might be the perfect day to brush up on what your employer says about proper use of email and IM in the "Company Handbook." Companies large and small are implementing electronic technology policies. The primary drivers for communication monitoring are legal and regulatory. In a court of law, email, instant messages, and other employee content has become evidence. They are the equivalent of business DNA.
Americans love the weather; it’s one of our conversational mainstays. Mark Twain’s famous quip, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” is not quite true. Many people are watching it closely, and weather watching has spun off an entire industry catering to amateurs and professionals.
Smart phones, or sphones as technophiles take delight in calling them, are handheld devices that offer an array of electronic functions. In the most basic sense, a smart phone is a mobile phone - PDA (personal digital assistant) hybrid that may enable users to access email, browse the Internet, write notes, listen to music, make voice recordings, and use a wide variety of other applications typical of a personal computer. In recent years, almost all new phones come with some degree of smart phone characteristics, and as such, it can be hard to know which model of phone is best for you.
Your communication tools can make or break a business trip. Should your next PDA be a ‘berry’ or a Treo? That depends upon your priorities. If it is all about email “berry’” may be best and if your business requires communication multi-tasking, Treo may be the right travel partner.
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It seems this year that online retailers saw a significant spike in sales online on “Cyber Monday” this year spending $733 million making it the first time a single day of online retail spending broke the $700 million threshold.
From browsing to buying, the Internet plays a larger role than ever in holiday shopping. Shoppers, who are expected to spend at least
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, his primary purpose was to create a collaborative environment in which scientists with common interests could share research findings.
Before you dash off a quick email or instant message to a friend or family member during a protracted 
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