Black Friday 2016 Latest News & Updates: The Four-Day Weekend Sales Better Than Last Year, 137 Million Shoppers Recorded

From 2015 percentage of deals, this year's Black Friday 2016 had surpassed its expected target sales as the shoppers keep on coming in and out letting the retailers' objective to reach the record sales weekend.

From online sales up to the big event of Black Friday 2016, retailers sales had been able to sell and sealed the deals in a much more expected numbers. With discounts and persuasive ads, there was no doubt that they attracted many of the shoppers to come and purchased gifts for the holiday season. In 15 malls, shopping center operator JLL reported 73 percent of it surveyed and found out that retailers were able to reach their target sales and made it became better than last year. Also, online sales have been hitting the sales up to $3.05 Billion, an increase of 11.03 percent compared last 2015 according to Adobe Digital insights. If you will add the Thanksgiving Day sales, $5 Billion with 11.4 percent increase from last year is expected to reach.

Linna Dubbs of Hanover was one of the shoppers who has been waiting this holiday shopping event. From 2:30 a.m on Thanksgiving Day, she was able to bring herself to Home Depot buying gifts for the Christmas season. She visited Kohls, JC Penney, Five Below, A.C, Moore, Bon-Ton, and Target and still planning to go to Lowe's and Staples. Maybe it was the reason how Linna Dubbs became a Black Friday shopping veteran for eight years. In addition, Target's website reached its aimed for the Black Friday 2016 event with their record-breaking sales, being TV's have the most sales with 3,000 sold just for the first hour of the store's opening.

National Retail Foundation and Prosper & Analytics reported that there were more than 137 Million of shoppers came and shopped. It was just a proof that shoppers were able to spend their weekend shopping event even in a cold weather. With many discounts and special offers, Black Friday 2016 was indeed a success weekend sales event and yet, it is still not the last day.