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Black Friday online up 39% [Cape Argus (South Africa)](Cape Argus (South Africa) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON: Online Black Friday shopping soared to $3 billion (R30bn) over two days beginning on Thanksgiving, with tablets and cellphones used for nearly a quarter of sales, estimates showed on Saturday. Online sales reached $1.93bn on Friday itself, the unofficial start of the retail sector's holiday season, a 39 percent increase over last year, according to software maker Adobe. At shop sales, there were with reports of fistfights, a stabbing and a shooting between shoppers. Cape Argus (c) 2013 Independent Newspapers (Pty) Limited. All rights strictly reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |