Data from Retailnext says that this past Friday, was a record shopping day around the nation. Online sales in the U.S. reached a new all time high of 11.8 billion dollars which marked a 9% increase from last year nationally. With that said, did you do your Black Friday shopping online instead of in person? That's the subject of today's daily poll. Cast your vote below.
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