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Shopify reports record-setting Black Friday sales
This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.
In a press release Saturday, Shopify Inc (NYSE: SHOP) announced that merchants using its e-commerce platform achieved record global sales of $2.4 billion on Black Friday alone. This represented an increase of 75% over 2019.
More than 1 million merchants in 175 countries helped boost the digital sales watermark, with the festivities beginning in New Zealand and continuing around the world. By 8 a.m. EST on Friday, Shopify had already achieved $1 billion in sales.
Shopify also released other metrics to illustrate the early success of its holiday shopping season. The average Black Friday shopping cart totaled $90.70, an…
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