The Messaging Times » black friday data http://www.messagingtimes.com email marketing, list management, metrics and the world Thu, 13 May 2010 22:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Black Friday Sales Trump Bah Humbug Economy http://www.messagingtimes.com/2008/12/02/black-friday-sales-trump-bah-humbug-economy/ http://www.messagingtimes.com/2008/12/02/black-friday-sales-trump-bah-humbug-economy/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:06:22 +0000 Admin http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/?p=1517 Sales during this Thanksgiving holiday weekend brought a sigh of relief to some retailers who were anxious about gloomy sales forecasts due to a struggling economy. Preliminary results from several retail reports say:

  • 172 million people visited retail stores and websites on Thanksgiving weekend. That’s up from 147 million shoppers last year (National Retail Federation)
  • Shoppers spent an average of $372.57 this weekend, up 7.2 percent from last year (National Retail Federation)
  • Sales on Black Friday and Saturday rose 1.9 percent from last year, with total sales of $10.6 billion and $6.0 billion respectively (ShopperTrak)
  • Sales on Saturday fell .8 percent compared to 2007 (ShopperTrak)
  • Sales at US Specialty Apparel retailers improved 1.6 percent from last year (SpendingPulse)
  • Sales at US Electronics Specialty retailers fell 14.3 percent (SpendingPulse)
  • eCommerce sales rose 11.8 percent (SpendingPulse)

For more information, read Sorting Through Black Friday Data

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