November 28, 2009 11:09 PM PrintText Black Friday Retail Sales Up 0.5% From ‘08
Shoppers spent only slightly more in stores this Black Friday - the traditional post-Thanksgiving Day shopping spree - than they did last year, according to data released Saturday by a national research firm.
Preliminary sales data from ShopperTrak RCT Corp. show shoppers spent $10.66 billion when they hit the malls on the day after Thanksgiving - only 0.5 percent more than last year.
“Preliminary sales data from ShopperTrak RCT Corp. show shoppers spent $10.66 billion when they hit the malls on the day after Thanksgiving - only 0.5 percent more than last year.”
That I can believe, but 7% more I can’t.