Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of the United States Christmas shopping season since 1952. PYMNTS has been following Black Friday deal and will continue to update with the latest.

It’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ for Cash-Strapped Holiday Shoppers
It’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ for Cash-Strapped Holiday Shoppers
December 06, 2022  |  Shopping

Tight budgets are putting merchants in a bind this holiday season. Fifty-six million consumers across the United States say they are skipping holiday shopping entirely...

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Eat, Pay, Love — a Meditation on Holiday Spending
Eat, Pay, Love — a Meditation on Holiday Spending
December 03, 2022  |  Retail

It turns out that dining, shopping, and even paying for such delights is uplifting. As in scientifically, and numerically as the case may be for...

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Amazon Reports Largest-Ever Thanksgiving Shopping Weekend
Amazon Reports Largest-Ever Thanksgiving Shopping Weekend
November 30, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon said this year’s Thanksgiving shopping weekend was its largest ever. The retail giant said Wednesday (Nov. 30) that the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber...

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BOPIS Has Its Black Friday Moment
BOPIS Has Its Black Friday Moment
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

The digital shift is giving way to the delivery shift. Or said another way — for consumers who want to make sure they get exactly...

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Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

A record number of Americans shopped during Cyber Five.  During the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, 196.7 million Americans shopped in stores...

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Patience and Cash-Like Payment Options Lead Peak Shopping Season
Patience and Cash-Like Payment Options Lead Peak Shopping Season
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

Cash equivalents came on strong in the closely watched Cyber Five weekend that ended Monday (Nov. 28). Faced with staggering inflation that pushed paycheck-to-paycheck households...

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Shoppers Go Deep on BNPL and eCommerce as Holiday Shopping Ramps Up
Shoppers Go Deep on BNPL and eCommerce as Holiday Shopping Ramps Up
November 28, 2022  |  Retail

Driven by an inflation-fueled demand for deals, the official kick-off weekend of the 2022 shopping season outperformed events of the past two years albeit with...

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More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
November 28, 2022  |  Shopping

Inflation cast a long shadow over Black Friday 2022. Consumer prices rose 7.7% year over year in October, leaving millions of consumers wary as they...

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Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
November 27, 2022  |  Retail

In spite of inflation, American consumers spent the day of Thanksgiving shopping — both online and off — and dining out, leading to double-digit sales...

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