Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of the United States Christmas shopping season since 1952. PYMNTS has been following Black Friday deal and will continue to update with the latest.
Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

A record number of Americans shopped during Cyber Five.  During the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, 196.7 million Americans shopped in stores...

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Patience and Cash-Like Payment Options Lead Peak Shopping Season
Patience and Cash-Like Payment Options Lead Peak Shopping Season
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

Cash equivalents came on strong in the closely watched Cyber Five weekend that ended Monday (Nov. 28). Faced with staggering inflation that pushed paycheck-to-paycheck households...

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Shoppers Go Deep on BNPL and eCommerce as Holiday Shopping Ramps Up
Shoppers Go Deep on BNPL and eCommerce as Holiday Shopping Ramps Up
November 28, 2022  |  Retail

Driven by an inflation-fueled demand for deals, the official kick-off weekend of the 2022 shopping season outperformed events of the past two years albeit with...

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More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
November 28, 2022  |  Shopping

Inflation cast a long shadow over Black Friday 2022. Consumer prices rose 7.7% year over year in October, leaving millions of consumers wary as they...

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Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
November 27, 2022  |  Retail

In spite of inflation, American consumers spent the day of Thanksgiving shopping — both online and off — and dining out, leading to double-digit sales...

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A Month of Black Friday Sales Has Crushed the Urgency to Buy
A Month of Black Friday Sales Has Crushed the Urgency to Buy
November 25, 2022  |  Retail

Six weeks after Amazon’s Early Access Sale and three weeks into Walmart’s month of Deals for Days events, and Black Friday — the mother of all...

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Global Markets Put a Local Spin on Black Friday Sales
Global Markets Put a Local Spin on Black Friday Sales
November 24, 2022  |  Retail

On the international stage, Thanksgiving is up there with baseball and the star-spangled banner as among the most instantly recognizable emblems of Americana by which...

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Retail CFOs See Bigger Markdowns Ahead of Holidays
Retail CFOs See Bigger Markdowns Ahead of Holidays
November 23, 2022  |  Retail

As the busiest shopping season of the year gets underway, retail CFOs are facing shrinking profit margins as their companies offer more markdowns to drive...

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Newegg’s Livestream Shift Follows Push Toward Self-Made Creators
Newegg’s Livestream Shift Follows Push Toward Self-Made Creators
November 21, 2022  |  Retail

Digital electronics retailer Newegg is hoping to capitalize on the potentially $1.2 trillion creator economy trend with a series of live streams centered around the holiday...

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