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Black Friday Results Point To Positive Trend

What many people regard as the official start of the holiday shopping season went quite well, according to statistics from comScore.  Indeed - although it's too early to tell for sure - Black Friday appeared to point the way towards retail sites experiencing a better season this year than last.

Has Online Shopping Already Peaked for the Year?

I would have thought that online shopping would peak on Cyber Monday or Black Friday, but it was actually a Sunday - November 30th, that the most people got online and shopped, at least in the UK. This information comes from Hitwise who has provided data about UK Internet traffic to shopping and classifieds sites:

comScore Reports Okay Black Friday Spending Figures

Well, here's a nice surprise: Black Friday's come and gone, and the business world didn't end.  In fact, businesses seem to have done all right, with a new comScore report putting the eCommerce community in a better position than many people had anticipated.

Black Friday Boom Forecast

The average Black Friday corresponds to around-the-store lines before the sun rises.  Now, of course, we seem to be in a recession, but that may make November 28th an even more profitable time for every business that has something to sell.