Cyber Monday clicks in with record sales

Cyber Monday sales rose as much as 17.5 percent compared to last year, according to an IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark report cited by USA Today.

Another e-commerce research company, Custora Pulse, found online sales up almost 19%.

Web sales this holiday season are projected to climb as much as 15 percent to $82 billion, more than three times faster than total retail growth of 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion, the National Retail Federation estimates.

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