“Black Friday”, the traditional day of the US saw a jump in their online
sales and set the country’s second-highest one-day mark ever as COVID-19
pandemic gulped the Americans and them distance themselves from in-person
shopping, news agency AFP reported.

American consumers while staying at home amid the coronavirus pandemic,
spent $9 billion on online shopping on Friday, a 21.6% increase over the
same day in 2019, Adobe said.

Apparently, the Friday’s sales exceeded those of the previous year’s
Cyber Monday. The Monday after Black Friday, when everyone has their eyes on
online sales.

Around 40% of online shopping were done by smartphone users, and
many consumers supported small businesses. Their sales jumped by 545% Friday compared to the average day in October.

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Adobe mentioned, 38% of consumers said they planned to support smaller
local businesses ahead of the year-end holidays.

This Monday, with the usual surge of Cyber Monday spending increased by
the COVID-19 effect, analysts are predicting an all-time record.

Sales are expected to total from $10.8 billion to $12.7 billion, up by
15 to 35%.

With more people working from home, demand has increased for bigger-ticket
items such as computers and home fitness machines.

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The National Retail Federation — pointing to optimism over COVID-19
vaccines, a strong stock market and disposable income that normally would have
gone to travel or entertainment — projects a 2020 jump of between 3.6% and 5.2% in overall holiday sales from last year.