Store traffic enjoyed the strongest growth in years, and online spending hit a record at $9.8 billion, as Black Friday got the holiday season off to a jolly start.

Retail stores on Black Friday saw their parking lots empty and lines in front of their stores nonexistent as shoppers now turn to finding deals through online shopping. Fox Business.

Black Friday generated $9.8 billion in online sales — up 7.5% from last year. But Cyber Monday is still expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, driving a record $12 billion ...

Black Friday spending in retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favor of their phones and laptops, according to data.

The term "Black Friday" is several generations old, but it wasn't always associated with the day-after-Thanksgiving retail frenzy that we know today. A gold market crash of September 1869, for ...

Enough traditionalists must still be around, because Black Friday remains the biggest day of the year for retail foot traffic in the U.S., according to retail technology company Sensormatic Solutions.

“Black Friday used to be when I worked at an indoor center, it was like waiting at the door and people were lined up. I mean ...