Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday'

December 1st, 2008 By MAE ANDERSON , AP Retail Writer Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday' (AP)

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Shoppers are reflected as they enter the Nike Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

(AP) -- Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.



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