Credit: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
1 of 2. Shoppers line up outside Best Buy before the store opens in Newport, New Jersey November 27, 2014.
The NRF said the average shopper's spending was down to $380.95 from $407.02, as early holiday promotions and a continued surge in online shopping changed the way consumers shopped this year.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose; Editing by Eric Walsh)
Entities 0 Name: Reuters\/Eduardo Munoz Count: 1 1 Name: New Jersey Count: 1 2 Name: NRF Count: 1 3 Name: Newport Count: 1 4 Name: Eric Walsh Count: 1 5 Name: Nandita Bose Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1z6bwda Title: Early Promotions, Online Shopping and an Improving Economy Changing the Face of Black Friday Weekend Description: WASHINGTON, November 30, 2014 - Early holiday promotions, the continued growth of online shopping, and an improving economy changed the way millions of people approached the biggest shopping weekend of the year. According to NRF's Thanksgiving Weekend Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, 55.1 percent of holiday shoppers were or will be in stores and online over Thanksgiving weekend, down from 58.7 percent last year.
