U.S. Online Sales Reach $14.25 Billion
U.S. online spending on Cyber Monday rose 7.1% year over year to $14.25 billion, Adobe Analytics reported on Dec. 2, 2025. The five-day Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday period generated $44.2 billion, with Black Friday online sales up 9.1% to $11.8 billion; Shopify said merchants sold a record $14.6 billion globally despite temporary technical degradations. Adobe and Salesforce also noted increased buy-now-pay-later use and generative-AI shopping tools.
Key Points
- 1Recorded Cyber Monday online spend reached $14.25 billion, up 7.1% year-over-year, Adobe Analytics reported.
- 2Shows Black Friday online growth (9.1% to $11.8B) outpaced Cyber Monday, shifting peak shopping earlier.
- 3Advises merchants to prioritize site reliability, peak-capacity planning, and AI-enabled discovery tools for conversions.
Scoring Rationale
Official, timely sales and platform data indicate significant holiday retail trends, though findings are seasonal and not methodologically novel.
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