If the economy is in the Toilet in the USA – nobody’s told shoppers this year! The sales numbers are in and it's great news!
Retailers had a record four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend – a record 226 million people visited stores and websites during the long holiday weekend, up from 212 million last year.
The average holiday shopper spent $398.62 over the weekend, up 9.1 percent from $365.34 a year ago, and
total spending was an estimated $52.4 billion versus $45 billion last year.
Black Friday sales were $11.4 billion, up 7 percent from the same day last year!
It might be a great day to pitch your positive or happy shopping experiences to the media…Yes, they will be looking for some positive news for the next week…maybe your store could be the one they feature….How are your local numbers?
Happy Shopping!
Wayne
