Black Friday online spending reaches record levels; Wall Street is not impressed

Online spending on Black Friday reached record levels, and Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, as inflation-fatigued shoppers zero on in the biggest holiday discounts.

But even amid signs of better demand after two years of holiday-season disruptions, Wall Street’s reservations, particularly around physical stores, remain intact, and one analyst said it was wise to keep “muted expectations” for the period.

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