Black Friday online shoppers ring up $13B as Cyber Week heads for new sales record

Melanie Lopez and Karina Flores smell bubble bars at Lush in the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. Consumers came to play on the traditional kick-off to the winter holiday shopping season over the Thanksgiving weekend, making a record $10.8 billion in online purchases on Black Friday alone, up over 10% from the same day a year ago and more than doubling 2017′s spending volume, according to tracking by Adobe Analytics. Thanksgiving Day online spending also set a new record as shoppers found time...