Retailers Ride Strong Online Traffic Into Cyber Monday

Many shoppers said "no thanks" to wild crowds over the holiday weekend as more people opted to shop online than in stores, initial data show. As retailers seamlessly transitioned from Black Friday deals to Cyber Monday deals as early as Saturday, they were riding the tailwind of a shopping weekend that found more than 103 million people say they had or planned to shop online Thursday through Sunday, according to the National Retail Federation's consumer sentiment survey of 4,281 people out Sunday. That's compared to nearly 102 million people who shopped in stores during the four-day period.