Cyber Monday

Retailers adopt different strategies and marketing gimmicks to draw consumers out of their shells, especially amid the fluid economic environment, and force them into splurging on good and services they not only need but also want. Designating days for focused shopping, when retailers allure...

Now that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s Q2 earnings report is officially in the books, investors are looking forward to Q3 earnings in October as the next major catalyst for the stock. However, just one month later, Cyber Monday will also likely be a huge day for the stock. In 2014, Cyber...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) have both announced major Cyber Monday initiatives. Both retailers are struggling to maintain holiday shopping market share. The companies’ share prices have slumped in 2015, while Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s...

Looking for some of the hottest Black Friday sales? Look no further. Many retailers, such as Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will begin their sales on Thanksgiving day. Retailers are looking for consumers to pick up their spending after an overall rough third...

The image of Thanksgiving has begun to shift within the last few decades. The construction-paper clad school children parading as pilgrims and Native Americans may remain as staples of the holiday, and turkey and stuffing are unlikely to disappear from the family table. However, with the...

The Friday after Thanksgiving has long been the gateway to the holiday shopping season for Americans, but since its beginnings, the deals and shopping hours have become exponentially more fanatical. What began with stores opening for business a few hours earlier than normal became sales starting on...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently announced that to celebrate its 20th anniversary on July 15, it will organize a shopping event titled "Prime Day" on its platform exclusively for Amazon Prime customers. Tom's Guide editor-in-chief, Mark Spoonauer, was on CNBC Monday to discuss about...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are out and it seems like brick and mortar giant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE: WMT) is now also giving tough competition to its online counterparts. Wal-Mart announced having sold more goods than ever on a single day this Cyber Monday. Wal-Mart’s new CEO...

Tom Forte of Brean Capital said in a note on Wednesday he is now more bullish on shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) following the company's strong holiday sales. Groupon said on Tuesday that it achieved record North American sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and that those two days...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher as investors and traders focused on U.S. November automobile sales, rather than Cyber Monday sales. U.S. automobile sales rose 4.6 percent in November to 1.3 million, higher than the 1.27 million analysts were expecting. Cyber Monday sales were expected to grow...