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Thanksgiving online spend hits a record $3.7B, mobile accounted for one-third of sales

Thanksgiving e-commerce spend to top $3.5B, mobile accounting for one-third of sales
The 2018 holiday season is predicted to be a bumper year for e-commerce, helped by economic forces like lower unemployment and underlying trends like an ever-growing proportion of shoppers opting to spend their money online, and specifically on mobile devices…


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