excellent morning and welcome back to the work week after the Thanksgiving shatter. This is Betty Lin-Fisher with today’s The Daily Money.

If you missed out on shopping for Black Friday and this weekend, today is Cyber Monday, so you’ve got more shopping opportunities.

According to a National Retail Federation survey, Black Friday still reigns supreme for the busiest day of shopping, with the trade organization forecasting that 131.7 million people (or 72% of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers), hitting stores that day. But Cyber Monday still has plenty of people looking for deals and checking off their lists with 39% of respondents, or 72.3 million people, planning to shop.  

According to an Adobe Analytics update from this weekend, consumers purchased $10.8 billion on Black Friday just in online purchases. That’s an boost of 10% from a year ago.

As you’re doing your shopping today and through the rest of the period, here are some tips on how to stack extra funds or earn some money back while doing your shopping.

leave ahead, provide a gift card as a now

Can’t ponder of what gift to get your loved one? Thinking about a gift card?

The hottest gift this holiday period may be one of the easiest to buy, reports my co-worker Bailey Schulz.

Turns out shoppers don’t require to spend hours browsing online or combing through clothing racks to discover a suitable now. Research shows people adore receiving gift cards – even if some shoppers are hesitant to provide them. 

Here’s why shoppers – and retailers – adore gift cards.

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Finally, here’s a popular narrative from earlier this year that you may have missed. Feel free to distribute it.

This might be an appropriate one to reshare on Cyber Monday – shh, don’t distribute with the boss (or maybe your boss is also shopping!)

Is today a work-in-the-office day for you, a hybrid day or are you an all-remote worker?

What do remote and hybrid workers do all day? My co-worker Jessica Guynn wrote about a survey earlier this fall with surprising revelations.

It’s also not just the workers: managers and executives shopped online more frequently than individuals, according to the survey.

You’d be surprised at some things workers and managers also do while “working.”

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