Shopify says merchant sales set Black Friday record at US$3.36 billion

OTTAWA –

Shopify Inc. says gross sales by retailers on its system set a brand new file for Black Friday as they rose 17 per cent in contrast with a yr in the past.

The e-commerce firm says service provider gross sales from the beginning of Black Friday in New Zealand by to the tip of the interval in California totalled US$3.36 billion.

At its peak, it says retailers noticed a complete of US$3.5 million in gross sales per minute.

The firm says prime product classes have been attire and equipment, adopted by well being and wonder, and residential and backyard.

Top promoting international locations and cities the place consumers made purchases from have been the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

Shopify offers e-commerce instruments for companies in additional than 175 international locations.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 28, 2022.