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When Nory Jones couldn't find the comforter she wanted on Black Friday, the University of Maine associate professor of management information looked to her calendar for help: She shopped on Cyber Monday.

"Today I went online, went into overstock.com, and it was so easy to find one," she said Monday afternoon of her sought-after comforter. "With free shipping, too."

Jones is one of a growing number of shoppers taking advantage of online sales and promotions such as free shipping offered the Monday after Thanksgiving, or Cyber Monday.

Marketing surveys estimated that 84.6 million shoppers would buy online Monday from home or the office - up from 72 million last year and 60 million in 2006, ...

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