Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of the United States Christmas shopping season since 1952. PYMNTS has been following Black Friday deal and will continue to update with the latest.

Black Friday Data: Amazon Tightens Digital-First Market Share Grip
Black Friday Data: Amazon Tightens Digital-First Market Share Grip
December 01, 2020  |  Retail

Amazon’s grip on the online shopping industry appears to be tightening. A new survey of Black Friday shoppers from PYMNTS showed the Seattle retailing giant...

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Amazon Sellers Cash In With $4.8 Billion Holiday Sales Worldwide
Amazon Sellers Cash In With $4.8 Billion Holiday Sales Worldwide
December 01, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon merchants rang up over $4.8 billion in global sales Black Friday through Cyber Monday, a 60 percent increase over 2019 sales for the same...

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Walmart, Target Take In-Store Spending Title For Black Friday
Walmart, Target Take In-Store Spending Title For Black Friday
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

Although most consumers did their Black Friday shopping online this year, new research shows young shoppers were most likely to head into physical stores, suggesting...

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DATA: Retailers Battle For Remaining 40 Pct Of Consumer Holiday Spend
DATA: Retailers Battle For Remaining 40 Pct Of Consumer Holiday Spend
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

In most years, Thanksgiving Weekend and Cyber Monday are a starting point for a lot of seasonal shoppers. This year, as has been observed many...

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Today In Retail: eCommerce Sales Spike On Black Friday; US Consumers Expected To Spend $12.7 Billion On Cyber Monday
Today In Retail: eCommerce Sales Spike On Black Friday; US Consumers Expected To Spend $12.7...
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Adobe reported that online sales on Black Friday hit $9 billion, while U.S. consumers are expected to spend $12.7 billion...

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Today In Payments: Singapore Non-Banks Access Real-Time Payments; Airbnb, DoorDash Seek Higher IPO Valuations
Today In Payments: Singapore Non-Banks Access Real-Time Payments; Airbnb, DoorDash Seek Higher IPO Valuations
November 30, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, non-bank lenders in Singapore will soon have access to digital payments platforms PayNow and FAST, and Airbnb and DoorDash are seeking...

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Cyber Monday Looks To Be Biggest Shopping Day To Date
Cyber Monday Looks To Be Biggest Shopping Day To Date
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

The tally on Thanksgiving weekend continues to favor the digital-first economy. With in-store shopping on the decrease and online sales spiking as expected, the situation...

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Former Saks CEO Sadove Says Physical Retail Will Transform To Survive
Former Saks CEO Sadove Says Physical Retail Will Transform To Survive
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

The 2020 holiday shopping season will be an unusual one in many respects. That’s a reality observable on Black Friday, where in-store sales were nearly...

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NEW DATA: Black Friday 2020: COVID-19 Steepens Physical Retail’s Long Slide
NEW DATA: Black Friday 2020: COVID-19 Steepens Physical Retail’s Long Slide
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

The divide between digital and brick-and-mortar commerce hit a tipping point this holiday season, with more consumers than ever going online to kick off their...

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