Cyber Monday sales top $700 million

Cyber Monday spending at Internet retailers was $733 million, the first time a single day of online retail spending has broken the $700 million threshold, reported comScore Inc., a Virginia company that specializes in measuring the digital world.

Cyber Monday online spending was 21 percent higher than last year's Cyber Monday total, comScore said.

In 2007, meanwhile, comScore predicts that "a number of shopping days during the coming weeks will surpass the Cyber Monday total, with some days potentially surpassing $800 million."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)