Black Friday and Cyber Monday: A Case Study

Author(s)

Maria Petrescu, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Micah Murphy

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing

ISSN

1741-1025

Publication Date

2013

Abstract/Excerpt

The largest shopping day of the year in the USA is the Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday. More recently online retailers have joined the weekend shopping frenzy with promotions focused on Cyber Monday. In an effort to ascertain if price levels are different during these major shopping days and a random shopping day during the holiday season, this project investigates price differences between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and December 10. Using data extracted from the websites of five retailers our analysis reveals that price differences alone do not account for the increased spending on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Since changing prices during the holiday may be too costly for retailers they may resort to limiting availability until price changes can be made.

DOI

10.1504/IJEMR.2013.052884

Volume

5

Issue

3

First Page

187

Last Page

198

NSUWorks Citation

Petrescu, Maria and Murphy, Micah, "Black Friday and Cyber Monday: A Case Study" (2013). HCBE Faculty Articles. 650.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/650