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Number of shoppers drop despite growth on Black Friday

An estimated 197 million people shopped during the five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday in the United States, but lower than last year's record of 200.4 million, an annual survey by the National Retail Federation or NRF shows. However, Black Friday shoppers grew from last year, and remained the most popular day for...

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Amazon reports record-breaking Black Friday Week & Cyber Monday 2024

Online giant Amazon has reported a new record-breaking Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday. This Thanksgiving holiday seasonal sale event was the company’s largest to date, compared to the same 12-day period ending on Cyber Monday in prior years. Running from November 21 to December 2, Amazon offered some of the biggest deals of the season across...

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Cyber Monday: UK shoppers to spend a 3.33 billion pounds online

The annual Cyber Monday shopping event reveals a change in consumer behaviour in 2024, with total spending expected to reach 3.33 billion pounds, demonstrating remarkable economic resilience despite marginal year-on-year fluctuations. According to VoucherCodes.co.uk's comprehensive "Shopping for Christmas 2024" report, consumer expenditure...

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US retail sales bounce back in October ahead of forecasted ‘record’ Thanksgiving weekend

Things seem to be looking up for the US retail sector, which bounced back “strongly” in October according to new figures released by the CNBC/National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail Monitor. According to the report, total retail sales were up 0.74 percent seasonally adjusted month-over-month, and up 4.13 percent unadjusted year-over-year in the...

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Adobe anticipates 'record' mobile and Cyber Monday sales this US shopping season

Adobe has said that it is expecting US online sales to reach 240.8 billion dollars over the upcoming holiday shopping season, spanning November 1 and December 31, which would represent a 8.4 percent growth year-over-year. Shopping on mobile devices, meanwhile, is anticipated to hit a new milestone, contributing a record 128.1 billion dollars and...

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UK shoppers keener on Black Friday than those in US

Distil.ai, a business intelligence platform for ecommerce businesses, has analysed Black Friday/Cyber Monday (BFCM) data for the UK and US markets, shedding light on customer shopping habits. The data, drawn from a sample of over 40,000 online orders, offers insights into online shopping behaviors during the BFCM weekend. In the UK, shoppers...

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Black Friday: AUAS experts on why we feel the compulsion to consume

The 2023 edition of Black Friday, the day of massive overconsumption, is already behind us, but consumers who held back on Friday still have time to spend an extravagant amount of money by midnight today, a 24-hour-phenomenon known as Cyber Monday. Experts at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences give advice on how to lose our urge to buy...

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Black Friday weekend expected to draw in 8.74 billion pounds

UK shoppers have been forecast to spend a massive 8.74 billion pounds over the course of Black Friday weekend, according to a new report by VoucherCodes. The discount platform said that this marginal 0.4 percent rise in sales, as compared to the previous year, comes despite the rising pressure caused by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the...

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Shopify reveals new records for Black Friday Cyber Monday with 7.5 billion dollars in sales

Shopify merchants saw Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) sales soar to 7.5 billion dollars, the highest on record. High street and in-person shopping grew 24 percent with POS sales made by Shopify UK merchants, but it was mobile shopping that saw 75 percent of transactions versus 25 percent on desktop. Fashion was the top category, followed by...

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Black Friday forecast expects Brits to spend 850 million pounds less

Black Friday sales in the UK are expected to decrease by 850 million pounds, as shoppers have tightened purse strings and are expected to spend 31 percent less. Research from data comparison site Finders.com suggests the average shopper will spend approximately 189 pounds versus 275 pounds last year. Liz Edwards, editor-in-chief at finder.com,...

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Global online fashion sees rebound at start to festive season

Newly released data from Nosto’s Black Friday Cyber Monday report says fashion ecommerce performance bounced back after the 2020 holiday season. The average order value for fashion was up 12 percent year-on-year compared to a -3 percent fall in 2020. And while online traffic for ecommerce as a whole was down 7 percent and sales up 2 percent this...

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Cyber Monday a big success for retailers

Cyber Monday was a bonanza for retailers when Black Friday was more subdued in footfall on the high street. Retailers saw an increase in the volume of payments in comparison to last year’s shopping event. Data from Barclaycard Payments show payment volume increased 16.7 per cent compared Cyber Monday 2020, with a 4.5 per cent increase in...