$52,4 mld. za víkend
Počas dňa výpredajov Black Friday utratili Američania US$52,4 mld., čo bolo o $7 mld. viac ako v minulom roku. Zisky obchodníkov sa odhadujú na $11,4 mld. Priemerná cena nákupu bola $398,62.
Retail networks in the United States received record profits this year as a result of Black Friday sales. US citizens spent $52.4 billion over the weekend of crazy sales. This is nearly $7 billion more than was spent in 2010.
The Black Friday sales profit was evaluated at $11.4 billion, which was 6.6 percent higher than last year. Last year, retailers received the profit of $45 billion during the Black Friday weekend.
The Black Friday of 2011 was marked with spraying pepper in one of Walmart stores in LA and with a battle for bath towels priced $1.88 a piece. In addition, security of one of the stores in North Carolina had to use gas against a crowd of shoppers.
As many as 212 million Americans ended their Thanksgiving with Black Friday shopping in 2010. This year, the number of shoppers has increased to 226 million.
The amount of the average shopping cheque has grown to - to $398.62 from $365.34 last year. The people were rushing for clothes, household goods, cosmetics and electronic devices.
Článok: http://english.pravda.ru/business/companies/29-11-2011/119776-holiday_shopping-0/
04.12.2011
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