Cyber Monday Sales at Record as Amazon, EBay Win Shoppers
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Cyber Monday sales surged, sending online shopping toward a single-day record as Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. siphoned consumers from brick-and-mortar stores.
Web sales yesterday rose 21 percent from 2012, International Business Machines Corp. said in a statement. Retailers catering to smartphone and tablet users benefited the most, with mobile traffic accounting for 32 percent of site visits, a 45 percent gain from a year earlier.