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With Cyber Monday coming up next week, we have a neat infographic to share, prepared by the good folks of RadiumOne. They’ve investigated online social sharing and holiday shopping trends and their conclusion is that a majority of Americans will be avoiding the in-store chaos this year, with 57% planning to complete their shopping online. Here are some other numbers:
- Overall 14% more will be spent, resulting in $14.2 billion spent on Cyber Monday this year – compared to $1.25 billion in 2011.
- Social media sites will be used for finding discounts (57%), reading reviews (51%), and finding gift ideas (49%).
- Social networks that will see the most activity on Cyber Monday-related activity will be: No. 1: Facebook at 60%, No. 2: Twitter at 15%; No. 3 Pinterest at 5%; Other at 20%.
- Desktops and laptops will account for the most sharing at 65%; mobile and tablets will account for 35%.
- Apple, Target and Amazon.com will be the most popular sites among Cyber Monday shoppers.
- The Grinches of Cyber Monday are known to: Take an item out of someone else’s cart (3%), cut in line (6%), fight over an item in the store (3%), Fight over a parking space (6%)
And here’s the infographic…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
