Black Friday Online Shopping Topped $1 Billion

For the first time on record.

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Today is officially Cyber Monday, but, as anyone who's been near their email recently knows, online retailers have been offering steep holiday shopping deals all weekend. On Black Friday alone, a day typically associated with brick and mortar sales, spending online topped $1 billion for the first time ever, according to comScore.

Though facing increasing competition from their digital counterparts, physical retailers still fared well over the holiday weekend on the whole. Total post-Thanksgiving spending reached $59.1 billion, up 13 percent from last year, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Meanwhile, the discount shopping online continues throughout today. Check out some of the best Cyber Monday deals available now.

[via WSJ]

 

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