Consumers in the U.S. spent a record high this year on Black Friday. But the surge in sales may not reflect shoppers’ desire to spend more.

Salesforce also conducted its own study, and their online sales estimates were even higher. The company shared in its report that American online shoppers spent $18 billion on Black Friday, up 3% from last year. Globally, Salesforce said that online shoppers spent $78.9 billion.

U.S. e-commerce sales jumped 9.1% on Black Friday according to Adobe, but the verdict is still out on how well physical stores performed.

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Based on recent Black Friday years...you may have expected to see fewer people going out in-person to shop today...due to recent consumer trends and online shop

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Customers and employees pinned the lower turnout on online shopping, continued fear of federal immigration arrests, tariffs and a lack of good deals.

When Does Amazon Cyber Monday End? Amazon's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales have been pretty much the same thing. With that being said, we know that both sales will officially end at midnight PST on December 1.