cyber monday

U.S. shoppers are still spending heavily online after a record-busting "Cyber Monday."

Cyber Monday. Green Tuesday. Black Friday. Magenta Saturday.

Retail sales broke records on Thanksgiving weekend, hitting an estimated $52 billion, the National Retail Federation said Sunday.

Cyber Monday, now a sacrosanct day for retailers with even the more basic of websites, is not even ten years years old.A Coined by the National Retail Federation, the term refers to a trend established after consumers got a taste of the wonders of high-speed Internet, but were not likely to have it in their own homes.

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After a weekend of strong online sales, retail websites are rolling out the gimmicks on "Cyber Monday" to draw buyers.

As Cyber Monday 2010 deals begin rolling out, so does the data on Black Friday. Online retailers saw a 16 percent rise year over year, according to market research firm CoreMetrics, leading retailers, both brick-and-mortar and online, to hope for a profitable holiday season.

In 2009, Google Checkout began a holiday savings promotion in time for Cyber Monday, the first business day after Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

This year, 2010, Google Checkout has begun the promotion early, in time for Black Friday itself.

This holiday season shoppers found deep discounts in a competitive Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Approximately 195 million shoppers, an increase from 172 million last year, shopped over the Black Friday weekend.

The National Retail Federation reports sales totaled $41.2 billion, up slightly from $41 billion last year.

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Today, we have Cyber Monday, when turkey-bloated office workers purportedly return to work and spend the day looking for deals online.

But is Cyber Monday really the biggest online shopping day of the year?