Comscore Sees Record Online Spending Across ‘Big 3’ Holiday Shopping Days

Of the ‘Big 3’ shopping days, Cyber Monday saw the highest spend. In 2020, consumers spent $9.81 billion, an increase of 24% compared to 2019. Thanksgiving and Black Friday spend reached $4.94 billion and $7.34 billion, respectively.

While Cyber Monday was the clear winner in total dollars spent by day, both Black Friday and Thanksgiving grew at faster rates year-over-year, indicating some spending may have shifted earlier in the season. Thanksgiving spend grew the most, up 28% from 2019, with Black Friday following close behind with a 26% year-over-year increase. Cyber Monday’s growth was down slightly from the 31% year-over-year increase from 2018 to 2019.

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This early spending surge, which could partially be due to retailers kicking off promotions earlier this year, signals that retailers have the power to shift consumer spending. Amazon Prime Day, normally in July but delayed until mid-October, seemed to kick off 2020’s holiday shopping season two weeks earlier than the usual November 1 start.

Taking a closer look at retail on mobile devices, Comscore found a significant year-over-year increase in mobile spending this holiday season. While mobile spending has played a pivotal role in these key holiday shopping days over the last several years, mobile’s 2020 share of digital spending on Thanksgiving and Black Friday surged. 45% of Thanksgiving digital spending was mobile, up from 40% in 2019. Similarly, 2020’s Black Friday mobile spend share jumped to 42%, an increase from 2019’s 37%. As more retailers pushed out deals throughout the entire week, it seems many consumers jumped on those promotions via their mobile device and drove a significant number of sales.

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