As online retailers are witnessed strong Black Friday results, Google is reporting that there was a surge in online shopping searches with "Black Friday" on Thanksgiving day and the Friday after the holiday. Searches with the term "Black Friday" were up by more than 20%, year over year, according to Google. Searches for "black friday sales" and "black friday ads" were both up by more than 50%, year over year.
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Black Friday was a big day in stores, but Thanksgiving was apparently a big shopping day online. Data from online consumer analytics firm Experian Hitwise shows online traffic on the holiday increased 71 percent this year compared t... Read Post
After an impressive day for online sales on Thanksgiving, Black Friday online shopping appears to be strong as well. According to IBM's Benchmark service, an ongoing measurement that covers some 500 of the largest online retailers i... Read Post
After a particularly strong Thanksgiving for online sales, shoppers continued to look for e-commerce deals on Black Friday. IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark is reporting the final tally for Black Friday online sales: a surge of 20.7 ... Read Post