Tamebay.com reports that Alibaba, the most powerful, well-known Chinese marketplace platform, is the absolute king of the 2018 holiday sales. Comparing the United States versus Alibaba Holiday sales for 2018, Alibaba’s Single’s Day beat all four American Cyber weekend sales combined. Adobe tracked sales in the United States during Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday ($6.2
Black Friday: major growth in transactions in the Netherlands
According to Betaalvereniging Nederland, payment transactions have increased a lot over the Black Friday weekend. From Friday, November 23rd to Monday 26th, the popular payment method iDeal and normal debit cards were used a lot more. The number of iDeal transactions rose 72% compared to normal. For debit cards, the increase was 16%. In total, a turnover of about 2.35
On Black Friday, more U.S. shoppers chose the computer over the mall
The Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday kickoff of the U.S. holiday shopping season showed the increasing preference for online purchases, as more Americans opted to stay home and use their smartphones while sales and traffic at brick-and-mortar stores declined. The ongoing shift to online shopping has forced retailers across the country to invest heavily in boosting their
Online records on Black Friday
American retailers have sold products for 7,9 billion dollars online last Thursday and Friday. A little over five billion of the turnover came from products sold on Black Friday, concluded Adobe from research among turnover of the hundred biggest online retailers. This turnover is 17.9% higher compared to last year. Adobe expects that American consumers will buy products