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Free Shipping Day was started in 2008 by Luke and Maisie Knowles, founders of Coupon Sherpa and FreeShipping.org, in an effort to extend the online shopping season. Statistics at the time showed online shopping peaked on Cyber Monday, generally held the week immediately following Black Friday.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the "bank bailout of 2008" or the "Wall Street bailout", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks.
Thanks to Free Shipping Day, you won’t have to pay extra for expedited shipping, so you and your loved ones will have a happy holiday! And what’s a shopping event without bargains?
Free shipping is a marketing tactic used primarily by online vendors and mail-order catalogs as a sales strategy to attract customers.
June 23, 2008 at 1:15 AM Daily deal for Monday, June 23rd: 4' x 6' Tough Tex American Flag from AmericanFlags.com, normally $69.99, now on sale for $62 including free shipping.
Today is Free Shipping Day, arguably the most successful of the made-up shopping holidays that have come along in the last few years.
Purchasing online gave customers free shipping and free iTunes gift cards with every purchase. The deals were promoted on its website, reading "Official Apple Store – One day Apple shopping event Friday, November 29".
Free Shipping Day is officially Dec. 17, and for good reason: that's the last day many online retailers can guarantee Monday was Free Shipping Day. So is Tuesday.
Hold up! Don't pay that shipping fee because a major free shipping day is in the works. More than 300 retailers have agreed to offer free shipping on Dec. 17.
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, 554 U.S. 471 (2008), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that the punitive damages awarded to the victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill should be reduced from $2.5 billion to $500 million.