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You may well have heard of Black Friday, traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year, but what

What is Cyber Monday?

By Peter on 11th November 2015

Blog, Featured, Tech & Gadgets

You may well have heard of Black Friday, traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year, but what about Cyber Monday?

In 2005, shop.org coined the term Cyber Monday after noticing an increase in internet traffic and sales on the first day that people return to work after Thanksgiving.

So it all began in America, but the success of Black Friday and Cyber Monday has travelled across the globe and now hundreds of ecommerce retailers in Europe and the United Kingdom are partaking in these exciting days of the year.

We’re expecting retailers to spread their deals out over the run up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday so we’ve rounded up some of the best tech deals so far…

JVC Headphones now just £20 at Amazon UK.

Jam rewind portable speaker for £19.99 at Argos.

Samsung Galaxy S6, one of the world’s best smartphones for £334.99 at Amazon.

32 inch Samsung HD TV for £199 at Currys.

Amazon Fire tablet £49.99 at Amazon.

Acer Aspire in red for only £279.99 at Currys.

Apple Watch with 38mm Sports Band £299 at Currys.

Canon Powershot camera at eBay for only £99 for a limited time.

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