Store traffic enjoyed the strongest growth in years, and online spending hit a record at $9.8 billion, as Black Friday got the holiday season off to a jolly start.

Retail stores on Black Friday saw their parking lots empty and lines in front of their stores nonexistent as shoppers now turn to finding deals through online shopping. Fox Business.

Black Friday spending in retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favor of their phones and laptops, according to data.

Tomorrow is the most sacred retail holiday of them all: Black Friday. It’s a great day for foot traffic for retailers as shoppers use their day off to flock to malls and big box stores to buy ...

Physical Retail Stores See Positive Lift In Traffic Shopper traffic to retail stores on Black Friday was up 2.1%, with the Midwest and Northeast showing the strongest traffic trends, up 3.0% and 2 ...

So there is less of an urgency and an importance put on the store via Black Friday.” For Cyber Week — the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday — Adobe expects $37.2 billion in online ...

While Black Friday may no longer look like the crowd-filled, in-person mayhem that it was just decades ago — in large part due to the rising dependence on online shopping that was accelerated by ...

Poor Black Friday. The discount shopping bonanza's days are numbered. Retail analysts predict that visiting brick-and-mortar stores the day after Thanksgiving will vanish by 2043.

Some Black Friday deals are going on now, ... Check out the times of your favorite retail stores for Black Friday (closings may vary due to location): Walmart: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Black Friday spending in US retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favor of their phones and laptops, according ...