>>> month. and following what we now call black friday we have today so-called cyber monday when online shopping is said to be at its height. nbc's kristen dahlgren is at a huge amazon.com shipping center in phoenix.
>> reporter: after black friday scenes like this, cyber monday may seem oh, so civilized.
>> i don't like crowds or fighting over things.
>> reporter: shoppers like sandy johnson choosing the comfort of home to find holiday bargains but she had stiff competition with some 123 million other americans shopping online .
>> i probably got the last one. yay!
>> reporter: americans are expected to spend $1.2 billion via the internet today.
>> this is going to be a monster, unprecedented, off the rails cyber monday as far as numbers.
>> reporter: so at amazon.com 's phoenix warehouse it's game time .
>> last year worldwide we processed over 158 units per second.
>> reporter: keeping up with the orders is a dworks out. mark james is an amazon aisle picker. where are we going?
>> third floor now.
>> reporter: he can walk 12 to 15 miles a day this time of year.
>> first floor.
>> reporter: it's no longer just cyber monday according to ibm's core met tricks, online shopping was up almost 40% on thanksgiving this year. up 24% on black friday.
>> the holiday season is far from over. retailers know their biggest challenge now is just going to be continuing that momentum.
>> reporter: and so tonight we are high above this 1.2 million square foot processing facility for amazon.com . a lot of holiday wishes being filled tonight. this is just one of the retailers offering big discounts for cyber monday. 8 out of 10 retailers had some type of deal today. we saw discounts up to 50% in some places.
>> all those packages heading somewhere tonight. kristen, thanks for that.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/45469657/
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