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Cyber Monday

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marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, online equivalent to Black Friday

Key facts

Observed by
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brazil and Egypt
Celebrations
Shopping
Date
Monday after Thanksgiving
2025 date
December 1
2026 date
November 30
2027 date
November 29
2028 date
November 27
Frequency
annual
Related to
Thanksgiving , Christmas and Black Friday (shopping)

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Encyclopedic overview

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States, to encourage e-commerce and online shopping. It is closely related to Black Friday, which occurs three days before. The date falls between November 26 and December 2, depending on the year.

Ellen Davis of the National Retail Federation coined the term "Cyber Monday" in a press release on November 28, 2005. Since its inception, it has become a marketing term used by online retailers around the world.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyber Monday” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.