Strong Black Friday weekend bodes well for Cyber Monday
Online led the way on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, boasting hopes for a record Cyber Monday.
Online sales grew across the three-day period from the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Black Friday, showing 21% year-over-year revenue growth and 11% purchase growth. Average order value over the same period was up 9%, according to Rakuten Marketing.
Thanksgiving Day saw a surge in online spending, with sales surging 18.3% to $2.87 billion, compared to last year, according to Adobe. On Black Friday, shoppers spent $5.03 billion online, higher than Adobe had forecast.
“Shoppers capitalized on deep discounts on Black Friday, resulting in the largest Black Friday online ever,” said Taylor Schreiner, director of Adobe Digital Insights, in a report by TechCrunch. “Conversion rates across all devices saw double digit growth throughout Black Friday.”
Adobe projects that Cyber Monday will be be “the largest U.S. online shopping day in history,” with $6.6 billion in sales.
On the store side, shopper visits declined a combined 1.6% for Thanksgiving and Black Friday when compared to the same days in 2016, ShopperTrak reported. Black Friday 2017 shopper visits decreased less than 1% when compared to Black Friday 2016.
“There has been a significant amount of debate surrounding the shifting importance of brick-and-mortar retail, and the fact that shopper visits remained intact on Black Friday illustrates that physical retail is still highly relevant and, when done right, profitable,” said Brian Field, senior director of advisory services for ShopperTrak.
“This year, a greater number of brick-and-mortar retailers opted to close on Thanksgiving Day, which not only allowed store associates to be with their families, but also redistributed shopping visits to surrounding days."
The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that more than 145 million adults spent time at malls and shopping centers over the Black Friday wekend and estimated spending, on average, $377.50.
"It was a huge win,'' Rod Sides, vice chairman of consulting firm Deloitte, told USA Today. "I think bricks and mortar (malls and stores) held their own this weekend, which is exactly what (retailers) were wanting and needing this holiday season.''
Online sales grew across the three-day period from the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Black Friday, showing 21% year-over-year revenue growth and 11% purchase growth. Average order value over the same period was up 9%, according to Rakuten Marketing.
Thanksgiving Day saw a surge in online spending, with sales surging 18.3% to $2.87 billion, compared to last year, according to Adobe. On Black Friday, shoppers spent $5.03 billion online, higher than Adobe had forecast.
“Shoppers capitalized on deep discounts on Black Friday, resulting in the largest Black Friday online ever,” said Taylor Schreiner, director of Adobe Digital Insights, in a report by TechCrunch. “Conversion rates across all devices saw double digit growth throughout Black Friday.”
Adobe projects that Cyber Monday will be be “the largest U.S. online shopping day in history,” with $6.6 billion in sales.
On the store side, shopper visits declined a combined 1.6% for Thanksgiving and Black Friday when compared to the same days in 2016, ShopperTrak reported. Black Friday 2017 shopper visits decreased less than 1% when compared to Black Friday 2016.
“There has been a significant amount of debate surrounding the shifting importance of brick-and-mortar retail, and the fact that shopper visits remained intact on Black Friday illustrates that physical retail is still highly relevant and, when done right, profitable,” said Brian Field, senior director of advisory services for ShopperTrak.
“This year, a greater number of brick-and-mortar retailers opted to close on Thanksgiving Day, which not only allowed store associates to be with their families, but also redistributed shopping visits to surrounding days."
The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that more than 145 million adults spent time at malls and shopping centers over the Black Friday wekend and estimated spending, on average, $377.50.
"It was a huge win,'' Rod Sides, vice chairman of consulting firm Deloitte, told USA Today. "I think bricks and mortar (malls and stores) held their own this weekend, which is exactly what (retailers) were wanting and needing this holiday season.''