Black Friday OK at Stores, but Great Online with Jewelry Sales +17.6%

Hordes of buyers entered stores in shopping malls across the U.S. on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, and that may have been part of the problem. Traffic increased 2.2 percent from last year, yet actual spending edged up just 0.3 percent to $10.69 billion, according to ShopperTrak. Online spending however went far better, delivering double digit growth.