Cyber Monday - Support small businesses too!

The Monday after Thanksgiving is traditionally "Cyber Monday". It is a day which is now considered the busiest shopping day in the U.S. and U.K. Sales will peak at 11:25 am on Cyber Monday.

During Cyber Monday's peak time Amazon will have sold an estimated 320 products per second. The most retail traffic will have come from people while they are at work.

According to International  Business Times, the IBM supercomputer Watson predicts a rise of 18% to 20% in Cyber Monday spending this year, to $2.4 billion from $2.0 billion last year.

2020 has been an extremely difficult for so many people and I am not suggesting we ignore big business or boycott corporations. On the contrary, they, along with small and medium businesses support the world wide economy but this Cyber Monday and in the following weeks afterwards, I am asking you do your best to support smaller businesses, many of which have adapted to operating remotely.  

Let's help each other out. The holidays are upon us and wouldn’t it be nice to get a special gift for someone from a locally owned small business?

Your support of small businesses is very much needed and more importantly very much appreciated!