Business · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about retail sales and shopping, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout 190 million
Roughly 190 million people shopped over that Black Friday weekend, an all-time high at the time.
Source: Wikipedia, Black Friday (shopping) (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Answerover 100 billion dollars
Projections for 2025 had U.S. shoppers spending more than 100 billion dollars over the Black Friday period for the first time.
Source: Wikipedia, Black Friday (shopping) (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Answer9.12 billion dollars
2022 set a new online Black Friday spending record of 9.12 billion dollars in the U.S.
Source: Wikipedia, Black Friday (shopping) (2022) en.wikipedia.org
Answer18% increase
Cyber Monday sales grew 18% year-over-year in 2013, part of the steady rise of online holiday shopping.
Source: Wikipedia, Black Friday (shopping) (2013) en.wikipedia.org