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FedEx Projects Cyber Monday 2013 to be the Busiest Shipping Day

October 24, 2013 by Shawn Collins

FedEx is projecting that Cyber Monday will be their busiest shipping day this holiday season, according to BloombergBusinessweek.

Affiliate Marketing on ThanksgivingCyber Monday falls on December 2 this year, and FedEx expects online retailers to drive an 11 percent increase from 2012, which would result in the highest volume in the history of FedEx.

FedEx forecasts that more than 22 million shipments will move through their global network on Cyber Monday 2013.

For the past two years, Cyber Monday has generated the most sales of any day in the week after Thanksgiving, according to ComScore. There was a 15% increase from 2011 to 2012 with a total volume of $1.5 billion last year.

Online shopping indicators are good all around.

In the second quarter of 2013, e-commerce spending increased 18.4 percent from 2012, while total retail sales rose just 4.7 percent in that period, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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