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Cyber $ales up 30%

Internet sales jumped more than 30 percent on Cyber Monday, making it the biggest online shopping day ever, according to data released yesterday.

Monday was also a record day for sales of Amazon.com’s Kindle devices, the online retailer said, without specifying the number sold.

Cyber Monday sales online jumped 30.3 percent from the same day last year, according to International Business Machines Corp., which analyzes transactions from 500 US retailers.

Chicago-based ShopperTrak said customer visits were up 8.2 percent for the four-day weekend, starting with Thanksgiving, while total sales rose 2.7 percent to $22 billion, compared with the same period a year ago.

Sales generated on Thanksgiving Day totaled $800 million, spurred by a slew of retailers opening earlier that evening.