The NPD Group has announced its early results for the Black Friday weekend in a report entitled The Anatomy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2010. According to the NPD’s early results, there was a slight rise in conversion (those shoppers that actually made purchases) for the weekend compared to last year’s Black Friday weekend, up 4 percent.
“Conversion rates for Black Friday and super Saturday are always very high but to see growth of 4 percent over the year before tells us two big things,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst of The NPD Group. “One is that those people that went to shop, bought and two, retailers did a better job of luring consumers in with big deals and great savings.”
NPD also reported that 33 percent of consumers bought items for themselves on Black Friday, compared to 26 percent during the normal holiday period.
The Anatomy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2010 is an online survey of 1768 U.S. consumers ages 18 and older. The survey assesses what the consumers did on Black Friday (and to come on Cyber Monday) and why. The preliminary data was collected between November 26 and the morning of November 27.
