For those who think the economy is still on a downturn – stop listening to doom and gloom and pay attention to what retail markets are doing.

Holiday shoppers were out in force proving most cyber Monday sales figure speculations wrong.

Akamai: Cyber Monday sends web traffic soaring at Boston.com

(NECN: Ted McEnroe) – The dollar figures will emerge later today (maybe my billion dollar prediction won’t be as far off as I thought), but as far as traffic for Cyber Monday, there’s no doubt it was a busy day on the retail web – and …

Cyber Monday Sales Rose 5% – Wall Street Journal – News: Everything-e

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Will Cyber Monday Success Set the Tone for the Holiday Season?

By Larry D. Spears Contributing Writer Money Morning E-commerce sales on “Cyber Monday” – the first Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday – climbed to record levels this year, but that success doesn’t necessarily mean the holidays …

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While strong Cyber Monday sales are no guarantee that online sales will continue to grow during the holidays, they got things off to a better start than Black Friday did for retailers. The NRF reported a 7.8 percent decline in Black …

Digital Media Buzz – Cyber Monday 2009 Post Mortem: Items Per …

Coremetrics has released some benchmark data in its Cyber Monday Report (.pdf) which breaks down Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2009 metrics vs. 2008 for retail as a whole and various industries. Highlights from the study:… …