The Chinese shopping day called Singles Day (Nov 11) has already finished. There is a similar day in the United States 1 Black Friday. And an increasing number of people in the US 2 shopping online now.
Black Friday is always the Friday 3 Thanksgiving. On this day, many stores 4 big discounts for products like televisions and computers.
This year, the, day 5 on Nov 24 and marked the start of the holiday shopping season. People start to buy things 6 Christmas at this time. The season will 7 until the end of this month.
8, a lot of shopping during the season is done, at physical stores. But more people in the US are turning to online shopping.
This year's Thanksgiving and Black Friday online sales 9 to $7. 9 billion (52 billion yuan), a record high, and up 17. 9 percent from a year ago, Reuters reported.
According to a survey 10 the National Retail Federation (美国全国零售商联合会), 59 percent of US customers said shopping on the internet was their top choice for this shopping season.
