Holiday shopping can make people go crazy but now that the holiday season is here, I find myself not as stressed out about shopping for Christmas gifts as I once was. I don’t know about the rest of you out there but I did about 75% of my holiday shopping online this year and it was amazing! Saved so much time and hassle. When you think about it, prices really didn’t vary that much this year in comparison to previous years. Shipping was free and discounts were huge! It really doesn’t get much better than that.
My favorite holiday shopping sites this year were Amazon, JC Penny, Kohl’s, Bath and Body Works, Living Social, and Groupon. This is the first year for Living Social and Groupon to make the list but the deals were too good to pass up. Makes me wonder how people ever found the time and energy to shop for Christmas gifts before online shopping days such as Cyber Monday existed. In reality, online shopping sites have really only been a large form of retail for less than 10 years.
Retailers should participate in Black Friday sales online as well as Cyber Monday if they want to earn a sizable profit. However, stores cannot just post small sales and discounts on their website and expect to see large increases in sales. For example, Best Buy was one of the highest grossing companies this year for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Last year they were not but thanks to factors such as affordable pricing, an easy to navigate website, and free shipping they came in first this year. Also, Target has been successful in earning a profit this holiday season too by not only having sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday but by offering discounts on items the whole week of Thanksgiving.
So tell me, how do you feel about online shopping? What are your favorite online shopping sites for holiday gifts? Do you prefer to shop online or in stores? Look forward to hearing from all of my readers and wish everyone a happy holiday shopping season!
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