Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost here — and consumers shopping for the winter holidays should be on the lookout for online scams.
U.S. sales online are expected to hit $207 billion this holiday shopping season, between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, according to Adobe. That's a record and a 10% jump over 2020, a year in which the Covid pandemic pushed more consumers to shop digitally.
Cyber weekend — the period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday — will draw about 17% of all sales this holiday season, Adobe estimates.
Seventy-five percent of American adults anticipate their e-commerce through big retailers like Amazon or Walmart will be similar to or increase relative to the 2020 holiday season, according to a recent AARP survey.
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