This is the time of year retail businesses in the U.S. look to start making money. Businesses offer customers discounts and incentives to make them come to stores and shop. The day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday.” It refers to the first time all year businesses are “in the black” or making profit.
With more businesses selling their goods online, the Monday after Thanksgiving has the name “Cyber Monday.” There were over two million Google searches with the term “Cyber Monday” on Sunday alone for discounts on computers, clothes and shoes. Perhaps some businesses hyped the big day too much. Target’s website could not handle the traffic and had to slow down.
Some users got the message “So sorry, but high traffic’s causing delays.” One Twitter user was a little disappointed that he could not access the sales on Target’s website. The website CNBC.com said PayPal had trouble keeping up with demand,too.
