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  • Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertainty

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    Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online. Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online Friday, marking a 9.1% jump from last year. Traffic particularly piled up between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time nationwide, when $12.5 million passed through online shopping carts every minute. Consumers also spent a record $6.4 billion online on Thanksgiving Day, per Adobe. Top categories that saw an uptick in sales ... (full story)

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Polimini
Nov 30, 2025 4:24pm
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Quoting Jade Gate
Retail therapy as a panacea for uncertain times. Have credit, will spend. Debt? Pffft
Americans always do the same thing, consume like crazy and at credit, nothing changed here.
They will change soon as soon as it all crashes
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Jade Gate
Nov 30, 2025 1:54pm
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Retail therapy as a panacea for uncertain times. Have credit, will spend. Debt? Pffft
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Twocans
Dec 1, 2025 1:20am
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Not that I give two shits about "Black Friday" (being the American anomaly) paying the "retail price" and thinking that's a sign of reason means you are always 'buying liquidity' for smarter traders.
Trader#387C
Nov 30, 2025 4:47pm
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What a stupid article lol… if people spend a bunch on deals it means they can’t afford the things they want at retail price
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