Biz: Black Friday final tally: More hype, more people, slightly more sales
- 2.2% the increase in Black Friday foot traffic
- $10.7B the total sales tallied on Black Friday
- 0.3% the increase in sales from last year source
- » How it compares: It’s roughly the same increase in sales as last year, but then again, retail stores have been offering sales for weeks before Black Friday, which may have cannibalized the overall effect of the day. On the plus side, at least that collapsed Salvation Army building in Colorado didn’t fall on anyone.