{"id":2748,"date":"2025-12-01T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:33:04","slug":"why-cyber-monday-could-break-spending-records-despite-economic-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/why-cyber-monday-could-break-spending-records-despite-economic-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cyber Monday could break spending records despite economic uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press Business Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/artificial-intelligence-holiday-shopping-chatgpt-0722dce44b4a479ec4ce476bbd15dfa9\">their computers and smartphones<\/a>\u00a0as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-section\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/ai-artificial-intelligence-csu-graduate-program\/\" title=\"Prospective employees, companies negotiate fast-changing new world of AI\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tProspective employees, companies negotiate fast-changing new world of AI\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/rural-home-price-affordability-colorado\/\" title=\"Already tough, housing affordability has worsened in rural Colorado\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tAlready tough, housing affordability has worsened in rural Colorado\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/jewish-family-service-colorado-season-to-share\/\" title=\"Jewish Family Service of Colorado marks 153 years of providing food aid and housing support\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tJewish Family Service of Colorado marks 153 years of providing food aid and housing support\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/tariffs-colorado-business-agriculture\/\" title=\"State surveys show Colorado businesses, ag overwhelmingly view tariffs as negative\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tState surveys show Colorado businesses, ag overwhelmingly view tariffs as negative\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/11\/28\/homebuyers-prioritize-pet-friendly-features-in-pursuit-of-dream-home-real-estate-voices\/\" title=\"Homebuyers prioritize pet-friendly features in pursuit of dream home\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSponsored: Homebuyers prioritize pet-friendly features in pursuit of dream home\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that buying things online is now a staple of many people&#8217;s everyday routines. And year after year, those purchases mount during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/national-retail-federation-holiday-forecast-tariffs-inflation-de5b851a009fed78b446676c1d944853\">the gift-giving holiday rush<\/a>. Experts expect consumers to drive record Cyber Monday spending this year, despite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/consumer-confidence-economy-55848421b5ff33ed244c8a4291f7facf\">wider economic uncertainty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe Analytics estimates that U.S. shoppers will spend $14.2 billion online Monday, or 6.3% more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cyber-monday-sales-online-holiday-shopping-59d13c2e184cc10b17c3f0bdd7573323\">than in 2024<\/a>. Spending is expected to peak between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. local time, when Adobe expects $16 million to pass through online shopping carts every minute nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. consumers already spent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/black-friday-shopping-spending-7f8b8e9244171333bfa6a7e8a91bffd0\">$11.8 billion online for Black Friday<\/a>, $6.4 billion on Thanksgiving Day and another $11.8 billion over the weekend \u2014 exceeding Adobe&#8217;s forecasts. Purchases made across Cyber Week \u2014 the five major shopping days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday \u2014 provides a strong indication of how much shoppers are willing to spend for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/holidays\">the holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyber Week is off to a strong start,&#8221; Vivek Pandya, lead analyst at Adobe Digital Insights, said. \u201cDiscounts are set to remain elevated through Cyber Monday, which we expect will remain the biggest online shopping day of the season and year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deals on electronics and apparel are expecdted to peak Monday at 30% and 26% off average listed prices, per Adobe&#8217;s latest estimates. But other categories will still continue to see deep discounts \u2014 including toys, which Adobe expects to reach 27% off listed prices.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, software company Salesforce \u2014 which tracks digital spending from a range of retailers, including grocers \u2014 estimates Cyber Monday&#8217;s online sales will total $13.4 billion in the U.S. and $53.7 billion globally.<\/p>\n<p>While the amount of money going into online shopping carts is expected to reach new heights Monday, rising retail prices also may contribute to any record sales figures that materialize. Consumers may be buying fewer total items. Experts say tighter budgets are causing many to shop with more precision than in years past \u2014 such as focusing on a few \u201cbig ticket\u201d purchases, for example, and spreading out what they buy over days of promotions in hopes of getting the most bang for their buck.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses and households have watched anxiously for financial impacts from U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tariffs\">tariffs<\/a>\u00a0on foreign imports. Workers in both the public and private sectors are also struggling with anxieties over job security amid both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/layoffs-us-economy-job-numbers-cd9d657cb7d7b4429f2c8346e18f8840\">corporate layoffs<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-snap-thanksgiving-holiday-7a812cfb02cadf5f61ebab0b4784d8e2\">after-effects of the 43-day government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the November-December holiday season overall, the National Retail Federation estimates that U.S. shoppers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/national-retail-federation-holiday-forecast-tariffs-inflation-de5b851a009fed78b446676c1d944853\">will spend more than $1 trillion<\/a>\u00a0for the first time this year. But the rate of growth is slowing \u2014 with an anticipated increase of 3.7% to 4.2% year over year, compared with 4.3% during last year&#8217;s holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, credit card debt and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buy-now-pay-later-missed-payments-regulation-f7fd30f2a0e900460919fad76a1e0dbf\">delinquencies on other short-term loans<\/a>\u00a0have been rising. More and more shoppers are turning to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buy-now-pay-later-loans-installments-02852578a991fb0d31879acd0b687e0d\">\u201cbuy now, pay later\u201d plans<\/a>, which allow them to delay payments on holiday decor, gifts and other items.<\/p>\n<p>Buy now, pay later loans are expected to drive $20.2 billion in online spending this holiday season, according to Adobe, up 11% from last year. The firm predicted that buy now, pay later loans would pass a new $1 billion milestone on Cyber Monday, the vast majority involving purchases made on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, mobile devices have become the dominant shopping platform consumers are turning to for the holidays. Adobe expects smartphones, wearable tech and other handheld electronics to account for 58% of online spending this season.<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, a majority of online purchases were made on desktops.<\/p>\n<p>Shopping services\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/artificial-intelligence-holiday-shopping-chatgpt-0722dce44b4a479ec4ce476bbd15dfa9\">powered by artificial intelligence<\/a>\u00a0are also expected to play a role in what consumers choose to buy. For Black Friday, Salesforce estimated that AI assistants and digital agents contributed to $14.2 billion of the total $79 billion it said was spent online worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Across the holiday season, \u201chot sellers\u201d will include gaming consoles such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nintendo-switch-2-mouse-games-price-63b0e49951ed09a9532ca55b4b35002e\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>\u00a0and toys-turned-fashion statements like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/labubu-cabbage-patch-fidget-beanie-tamagotchi-c56f188cbd2009dad58490e5fce22d6a\">Labubu Dolls<\/a>, Adobe said. The analytics company anticipates the newest editions of popular consumer electronics \u2014 including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/apple-iphone-tariffs-price-increase-5b78b243daceb791e19fc6e2c2740112\">iPhone 17<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/google-pixel-phones-artificial-intelligence-88cde161850a884e6868c6e868e1ae36\">Google Pixel 10<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/samsung-galaxy-phones-artificial-intelligence-e67003d973e6cc09409eaa85d695f9ee\">Samsung Galaxy S25<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 will also see high demand.<\/p>\n<p>To many, Cyber Monday is billed as the \u201clast call\u201d to take advantage of the deepest discounts in the days following Thanksgiving. But its reach has grown over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber Monday is two decades old now, dating back to when the National Retail Federation first coined the term in 2005. Today, sales continue to bubble up throughout the week \u2014 riding on the hype that the industry has built to fuel consumer spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2749,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions\/2749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamanship.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}