Tag Archives: Black Friday

Axios reports: A record $9.12 billion was spent online for Black Friday, with electronics driving much of the growth compared to last year, according to new Adobe Analytics data. These record-breaking sales happened amid rising concerns about inflation and the cost of living. Purchases on electronics led the way, soaring by 221% compared to an average day in October. Smart …

The Associated Press reports: This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, and Adobe Analytics says carts filled on phones, computers and tablets rang up $7.4 billion in transactions. That ranks just behind the $7.9 billion haul of last year’s Cyber Monday, which holds the one-day record for online sales. Adobe measures sales at 80 of the …

MAGA is being discounted today: President Trump’s campaign is offering 30 percent off in the campaign’s online store on Friday. Items available range from a dog collar labeled #MAGA to a Make America Great Again hat-shaped cover for a golf driver. The Republican National Committee advertised the “huge” sale Friday, earning mockery on Twitter. Another item available in the store, …

The Las Vegas Sun reports: American shoppers will take to malls, warehouses and brick-and-mortar outlets today for what has long been one of the most lucrative days for retail companies across the country. In Nevada, for the first time, Black Friday will include legal recreational marijuana. And just like big-box retailers, pot stores are rolling out the deals in hopes …

Via the New York Daily News: Call it Black-eye Friday. Brawling shoppers heralded the start of Black Friday madness at a Louisville, Ky., mall on Thanksgiving night, wrestling each other to the ground in a packed food court. The fracas knocked a woman to the floor as shoppers at Mall St. Matthews gawked at the sight of two unidentified men …

The deaths are from previous Black Fridays. So far. Details.

The most predictable video of the year?

Read all about it.

Has anybody been killed this year?

At least nobody got killed this year.

So who’s out there today? Anybody at work? Or are you all doing the Black Friday thing?