Today is Black Friday, the day theoretically retailers work for all year to put them in the black. It is the traditional first day of the holiday shopping season. Unfortunately, many retailers are now jumping the gun and barely giving their employees a moments rest on Thanksgiving Day to enjoy time with their families before opening their doors to the hordes of greedy shoppers who would gladly pepper spray the person next door to them to get a deal on a flat screen TV for themselves….all of course in “the spirit of the holiday season”.Partially because of the nightmare this in-store weekend has become for many, the number of people choosing to shop from the comfort of their of their own home online, continues to grow. Here is an infographic from the folks at Joyent showing the growth of online shopping.
