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U.S. Shopper Visits to Stores Drop by Half: Black Friday Update
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With sparse crowds and none of the stampedes of holidays past, some retail watchers started to refer to Black Friday as Blasé Friday -- and that was even before the virus hit.
The sluggish in-person traffic reported in 2019 is expected to thin out further this year, as mall-wary shoppers move on from traditional midnight doorbusters to digital deals. But it’s still shaping up to be a record year for total holiday retail sales -- and the logistics companies that’ll deliver them.