BOSTON, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayfair.com,
the largest online retailer of home products and furnishings, today
announced a day of record-breaking Cyber Monday sales. The company
is on track to exceed $6 million in
revenue by midnight tonight with hourly sales up 55% from last
year. This comes on the heels of a 37% increase in holiday weekend
sales and $3.5 million in sales on
Black Friday.
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"We are seeing tremendous sales growth this holiday season,"
said Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder
of Wayfair.com. "The past few days have been remarkable and today
will be our biggest day ever as Wayfair.com shoppers continue to
discover great prices on everything they need for holiday
entertaining, decorating and gifting."
In addition to reaching record sales, Wayfair.com has more than
doubled the percent of revenue from mobile as consumers
increasingly shop home furnishings and decor from iPads and other
mobile devices. Top sellers on Wayfair.com today include coffee
makers, down comforters, sheet sets, bean bag chairs, trampolines
and a Justin Bieber cardboard
cut-out.
About Wayfair.com
Wayfair.com offers a zillion things
home – the largest online catalog of furniture, lighting, cookware
and more. With this massive selection of more than five million
products, chances are good people can find just the right items for
their homes. Other sites under the Wayfair.com umbrella include
AllModern.com and JossAndMain.com.
Headquartered in Boston,
Massachusetts, Wayfair.com employs more than 1000 people and
was recently named the 28th most valuable private
digital company in the world by Business Insider.
Wayfair.com operates distribution and operations centers in
Ogden, Utah and Hebron, Kentucky, and international offices in
Galway, Ireland, London, Berlin and Sydney. For more information, please visit
www.wayfair.com, or follow us at www.facebook.com/wayfair or at
www.twitter.com/wayfair or check out our blog My Way Home at www.wayfair.com/blog.
SOURCE Wayfair.com