Black Friday surge was not limited to metro cities alone. Tier-III cities reported the highest growth of 43 per cent, followed by 19 per cent growth for Tier-I cities and 16 per cent in Tier-II cities
The US consumers spent a total of $33.9 billion online, from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, down 1.4 per cent (on-year) as Black Friday dipped 1.3 per cent
Amazon India said over 70,000 Indian exporters will offer millions of 'Made in India' products to global customers during the annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale
Amazon's Global Selling Programme is expected to generate $10 billion in cumulative export sales by 2025 for Indian exporters enrolled in this programme
Cyber Monday, which falls on the first Monday after Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, is considered the biggest online shopping day of the year in the US
Cyber Monday has its roots in people returning to work from a long Thanksgiving weekend and using the fast internet connections of their office computers to search for the best deals.