Online retail sales on Black Friday rose 22 percent versus a year ago E-commerce companies weren’t blue on Black Friday.MORE ON CIO.COM For more on holiday e-commerce, read: The High-Stakes Search for Supply Chain Excellence During the Holiday Rush Q&A: How to Win the Holiday Shopping Wars Hackers Poised for Holiday Shopping Assault Having prepared their sites and supply chains for the biggest shopping season of the year, online retailers welcomed a rush of shoppers who spent $531 million on their hearts’ desires the day after Thanksgiving. That’s up 22 percent compared to last year’s Black Friday, according to comScore, an online researcher. So far in November, online purchasing amounts to $9.4 billion, up 17 percent from the $8 billion booked during the same period a year ago, comScore says. Video games and accessories were by far the most-bought items, followed by furniture and appliances, consumer electronics and sports gear. Unlike in years past, when IT failures wrecked the holidays for consumers and companies alike, no major outages at big e-commerce sites have been reported so far. Perhaps the turkey roasting didn’t go well for some, however: Online shoppers spent $272 million on Thanksgiving Day itself. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe