Amazon just revealed some of its deals for the conveniently made-up holiday, which includes a 250-gigabyte Xbox 360 (with Halo: Reach and and Fable III) for a cool $199, and Nokia’s former flagship phone, the N8, unlocked for just $299.99.
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The company revealed that last Cyber Monday was its busiest day last year, with over 13.7 million items ordered at a speedy 158 items per second. It’ll be interesting to see if the same is true this year, since Amazon is also offering some deep discounts for Black Friday.
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Cyber Monday used to be an easy way to classify e-commerce sales during the Thanksgiving holiday period, but with so many online retailers now offering Black Friday deals, it seems there’s less of a reason to justify another consumer spending orgy.
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