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Let's go to our thinking big money headlines. consumer expert regina lewis joins us, leek let's talk abo y payroll taxes. >> there was a two-year tax holiday. 2%. it sounds like a small number until you start to play that out. if you make $30,000 a year. that is 50 buck as a month. that might mean you go out to eat one less time. 100,000 a year, that's 167,000 per month. over the course of a couple of months, you may forgo that piece of person toure. walmart is saying it's having an effect on consumer spending. >> all of us, even just myself,
>>neil: this could be turning into a bummer monday for bosses with a record number of americans already clicking and buying today and many more expected as the work day continues, one in six plan diagnosis do it all from work and half expected to shop online on the job before christmas. and now, a consumer expert on why this may not be so jolly. why not? >>guest: a great day for folks to snag bagans during their online shopping. is it the best day for employers or productivity? most employers are saying it is fine to do a little bit of shopping at work. not a lot. don't waste the whole day, bu...
Look who is here, consumer expert, regina lewis. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> is it really cybermonday? >> it's interesting. it could be the single biggest online shopping day in internet history. but even if it grows, as it is expected to -- 18%, year over year, it's growing on a base of 10% of all shopping. so if you look at it that way, it's very significant. most of the major etailers are the major retailers, targets, macy's and kohl's and wal-mart. so if one venue is doing larger overall sales, it's my biggest store. cyber-monday used to be about going back to work and doi...
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