Nov 25, 2012
Retail Sales Top $59B for Holiday Weekend NationallyBy Hadley Malcolm GannettShreveportTimes.com

The biggest holiday shopping weekend of the season still has one day left, but retailers can already consider it their best yet.

More shoppers came out Thanksgiving night, more shoppers hit stores on Black Friday, more shopped online and everyone spent more. The result: more than $59 billion in estimated sales from Thursday through Sunday, according to a BIGInsight survey conducted for the National Retail Federation.

That’s up from $52.4 billion last year. And all signs point to a huge Cyber Monday, as more consumers turned to their computers or mobile devices to shop during the weekend.

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