For shoppers looking for deep discounts, the countdown is on. But ahead of the busiest online shopping day of the year, warning signs for retailers.

What am I do with 10 %? Select items. I need the 100, the 90 % all.

Coming out of COVID, shoppers were ready to spend. This year, early signs are they're ready to save, looking for even bigger deals. If you just keep shopping, you might find, you'll find something, especially online. Mastercard says this Black Friday, shoppers spent 2.5 % more than last year, a bump erased by inflation. That means the stakes are high for retailers this Cyber Monday. They'll have to do more to woo consumers.

The consumer has a lot of power this year, especially. They're in the.

Driver's seat. Target is slashing prices up to 60 % off, Walmart is advertising up to 80 % off, and Amazon, which had a round of big deals in October, is rolling out deals every five minutes through tomorrow to keep consumers coming back throughout the day.

We're expecting the deepest discounts on the categories, electronics and apparel. The deepest discounts will fall in the range of 25-30 % for both categories.

And confidence that those packages will arrive on time. Shipp Matrix says parcel carriers have more capacity to deliver than they need this season.

We broke up the country into eight regions where what this allows us to do is ship items to customers from within their region. What that means is they get their items faster.

Paving the way to a seamless season of gift getting and gift giving from the comfort of your couch. Brian Cheung, BBC News, New York.

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