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Huge area. and for brick and mortar as well as cyber. amazon had numbers that showed a full 60% of amazon shoppers used their mobile app on tablets or smart phones. so people concerned about security i guess these people weren't. it was down last year and said on cyber monday, they sold toys at the rate of 18 per second. pretty amazing stuff. amazon, big year. retailers a big year, both brick and mortar as well as the guys with the apps. >> thanks so much, jeff. enjoy shopping. >> thank you. >> how many gifts will actually stay gifts? ups now expecting 800,000 returns after the holidays, and u...

>> back to reality, yes. >> and the reality is, people are saying do i really want to get in my car in sub-freezing temperatures, drive to the mall and slog across the parking lot and they are saying, no. >> right. the answer is no, and we saw this dip in retail sales in january. it took a hit of about .4%, so it doesn't sound like very much, but if you look at the big picture here, clothing, for example, took a hit of .9%. that's a decrease in clothing sales, right, furniture sales, .6% and retail sales in general, .1%. so when you look at that whole picture together, you're seeing everyone n...

Pay when you shop online. christine romans explains how this will affect your money. >> wolf, on the biggest online shopping day of the year, no less, the supreme court punting on the most important issue in retail right now. and that means millions of people may now have to pay state tax on their online purchases. now, states have been putting pressure on internet retailers to collect sales tax and amazon.com and overstock.com fought this effort with different results in different courts. it's a patchwork now of rulings and laws. now that the supreme court has decided not to the weigh in, sta...

tear apart the euro currency. in washington, where the super committee was a super failure. and in our own bank accounts, where incomes are falling, and americans are dipping into their savings to pay the bills. yet everywhere, you're being cheerleaded to spend money, lots of money for the holidays. $704. the national retail federation projects that's how much you'll spend over the holidays, and consumers are more than halfway there. where is all of that money coming from, and have we learned nothing? rick newman is the chief business correspondent for u.s. news. rick, they're trying...

Daddy right now. >> she's 3. >> what is this overall tell us about the health of the economy. you said, almost nej l-- 50 cen >> the price tag of the items is going way down. it's not so much the jewelry. it's more about the cards, the evening out, the experience. most retail analysts right now are saying where our money is going -- through this recession is realizing it's more about the experience and it should be. we're more likely to spend money on an evening out as opposed to the jewelry. still $14 billion total. >> that's a lot. that is a wrap of our live msnbc sunday coverage. do stay ...