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Black Friday is now Cyber Friday. Adobe: +19.6% to last year and nearly as large as 2018 Cyber Monday. Thanksigiving up 14.5% and Cyber Monday expected to be up 18.9%. Oh and Mbile drove 65% of Black Friday’s sales. Link
Traffic to stores was down 6.2% per Sensormatic Solutions. Link
Did ‘The Irishman"‘ take a bit out of the Thanksgiving box office as ticket sales were down 16 percent year over year. Link
How the PayPal Honey deal could reshape eCommerce. Link
Ocado strikes a deal with Japan’s largest supermarket operator, here come the robots. Link, Link
They See You When You’re Shopping. Link
The eBay unbundling continues. Link
Netflix goes brick & mortar. Link
Fox Sports has sold all 77 ad units for Super Bowl, first time since 2014 it has sold out more than a few days before the game. Link
Why Amazon won’t dominate in groceries. Link
How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City. Link
When Is a Star Not Always a Star? When It’s an Online Review. Link
Tiffany Is More Than a Store. Link
When Department Stores Were Theater. Link