Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Black Friday, Cyber Monday

Retail

1) ShopperTrak RCT Corp. (Chicago, IL) tracks sales at over 50,000 retail outlets; reported that combined sales for Friday (November 23) and Saturday (November 24) grew 7.2% to $16.4 billion.

2) National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that more than 147 million consumers shopped over Black Friday weekend, a 4.8% growth from last year.

3) comScore, Inc. (Reston, VA), a leader in measuring the digital world, reported Cyber Monday online spending grew to $733 million, a 21-percent increase over 2006 and an 84-percent jump from the average daily online spending totals during the preceding four weeks.

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