Lego, iPad drive sales on Black Friday in the US
By Bloomberg | China Daily | Updated: 2016-11-29 07:49
US consumers spent a record $3.3 billion online on Black Friday, scooping up everything from Lego sets to Apple iPads, according to Adobe Systems Inc.
Two-day sales starting on Thanksgiving totaled $5.3 billion, marking an 18 percent increase from a year earlier, Adobe said in a statement. Spending via mobile devices on Friday increased 33 percent to an all-time high of $1.2 billion.
The surge in online shopping has taken a toll on bricks-and-mortar stores. In-store visits dropped a combined 1 percent during the two days from a year earlier, said ShopperTrak, a retail data provider, in a separate statement.
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