8 billion

Black Friday used to be the biggest shopping day of the year, but now it competes with the Saturday before Christmas for top sales. Black Friday was the biggest shopping day in 2003.

Early sales data from analyst ShopperTrak showed Black Friday sales rose 10.8 percent from a year ago to $8 billion, while Visa USA said spending on its cards rose 15.5 percent to $4.1 billion with sales up but plastic also more widely used.
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The National Retail Federation has forecast sales rising 4.5 percent between Thanksgiving-to-Christmas to about $220 billion, compared to an increase of 5.1 percent a year ago. Reuters