Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. The term was coined by Ellen Davis and made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year. 

 

Observed by    Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brazil, Romania, Portugal, Uganda, Germany, UAE, Egypt, Netherlands, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Japan.

 

Celebrations    Shopping / Consumerism

Date    Monday after U.S. Thanksgiving
2015 date    November 30
2016 date    November 28
2017 date    November 27
2018 date    November 26
Frequency    annual

 

Related to Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Giving Tuesday