Another Black Friday is behind us, and hey, no one died! That’s what progress looks like, America.
But that doesn’t mean everything went smoothly. Here’s our round-up of Black Friday 2015:
If you feel like you didn’t hear so much this year about people camping out for deals — it’s because they didn’t. Sales at stores were down 10.3 percent this year, to $10.4 billion.
But online sales were way up. They jumped 14.3 percent from last year, to $4.45 billion.
Online shopping is the biggest reason the Black Friday store frenzies have calmed down a little — especially since most of the best deals are offered there too.
The other main reasons are that now a lot of stores open on Thursday and it’s basically “Black November” now, with good sales throughout the entire month.
Of course, plenty of people still went shopping in person. And there were PLENTY of fights to show for it. Search “Black Friday 2015” on YouTube and there are a bunch of compilations of people brawling all over the country.
