Dec. 5 at 12:07 AM
$AFRM US holiday shoppers shake off economic blues for online spending spree
By Nicholas P. Brown and Chandni Shah
December 1, 20254:00 PM PSTUpdated December 1, 2025
Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. consumers shrugged off worries about the economy after their Thanksgiving dinners and went on a
$23.6 billion three-day online shopping frenzy that exceeded analyst expectations, kicking off the holiday season.
Adobe Analytics said online spending on Monday was up 4.5% from last year
$9.1 billion from midnight through 6:30 p.m. ET (2330 GMT). Adobe projected that before the end of Cyber Monday, consumers would spend between
$13.9 billion and
$14.2 billion online, which would bring online spending to roughly
$43.7 billion for the five-day period including Thanksgiving.