Sales on Monday at Perfume.com, a web site operated by Communicate.com Inc., increased 268% over the Monday after Thanksgiving a year ago, reaching $54,500 from $14,800, the company tells InternetRetailer.com. Monday’s sales were 56% higher than the average Monday’s $35,000 in the preceding four weeks.
“Just like clockwork, yesterday morning people started logging on and buying,” says a spokesman.
Perfume.com sells 9,000 brand-name fragrance and beauty products at discount prices. Communicate.com operates a stable of what it describes as “intuitive, one-name, dot-com” sites, including Cologne.com, Importers.com, Karate.com, Malaysia.com, Boxing.com and Rodeo.com.
At eBags Inc.’s eBags.com, No. 91 in the Internet Retailer Top 400 Guide to Retail Web Sites, sales on Monday increased 59.5% over the Monday after Thanksgiving in 2004, the company reports. Traffic increased by 39%. "We are pleased with our performance over the holiday," says Jon Nordmark, CEO of eBags, Inc. "The growth is primarily due to the launch of our new website, 6pm.com, and new technological innovations within the corporation. We are always looking for ways to make shopping for shoes and bags easy and fun for our customers."
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