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Bricks-and-mortar spending edges lower in US

Sales at retail stores total US$12.29 billion on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

Published Sun, Nov 30, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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US shoppers spent slightly less money at brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than across the same two days in 2013, while online sales surged to record highs, data showed on Saturday.

Sales at retail stores totalled about US$12.29 billion on Thursday and Friday, down 0.5 per cent from the US$12.35 billion spent last year, according to estimates by ShopperTrak. The research firm stuck by its forecast for November and December sales to increase 3.8 per cent.

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