Black Friday has grown into a month-long affair, and total sales have gone up each of the past 6 years except 2022.

A local resale boutique, Smarty Pants, saw a surge in sales this Black Friday, surpassing previous years by a significant margin. Leslie Engledow, the boutique’s owner, said that this year’s holiday shopping event was “a wonderful day,

Despite retailers offering holiday discounts earlier than usual this year, US consumers did more shopping on Black Friday than the days leading up to it.