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MORE PEOPLE WENT SHOPPING THIS
PAST HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAN LAST
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
AND AS 22NEWS REPORTER ANARIDIS
RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS, RETAILS
SALES BROKE RECORDS.
A RECORD OF 247 MILLION SHOPPERS
VISITED STORES AND SHOPPED
ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-DAY
WEEKEND.
THAT'S UP FROM 226 MILLION LAST
YEAR. THE NATIONAL RETAIL
FEDERATION SAYS PEOPLE ALSO
SPENT MORE MONEY THAN EXPECTED,
OPENING UP THEIR WALLETS FOR
ELECTRONICS AND TOYS. THE
AVERAGE HOLIDAY SHOPPER SPENT
$423, UP $25 FROM LAST YEAR.
TARGET TEAM LEADER KENT WATKINS
SAYS THIS WEEKEND'S SALES BEAT
LAST YEAR'S. WATKINS SAYS EXTRA
SECURITY WAS HIRED FOR BLACK
FRIDAY.
THE LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE
BUILDING BUT WE DID HAVE CROWD
CONTROL PLANS IN PLACE WHERE WE
ONLY LET 30 PEOPLE IN PER 30
SECONDS TO KEEP AN FLOW
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
AND EVEN THOUGH TODAY IS CYBER
MONDAY, NEW FIGURES FROM
COMSCORE SHOW THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER, SHOPPERS SPENT MORE
THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN ONLINE
SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY. LIVE
IN NORTHAMPTON, ANARIDIS