On-rush holiday shoppers should also be on alert: retail federation


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Black Friday remains a popular day for Americans to shop for holiday gifts. Based on survey results, the National Retail Federation projected that 132 million people will go shopping that day, and almost two-thirds of them will do so in stores.

The preference for in-person shopping on Black Friday is a shift from last year, when the National Retail Federation estimated that 76.2 million people shopped in person and 90.6 million made purchases online, reported The Los Angeles Times on the change.

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