Jeanne Verdon / Forbes:
Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in U.S. sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: US online sales increased 9.1% to $11.8 billion— Joan Verdon is a veteran retail journalist based in northern New Jersey. — Consumers spent record amounts online during Black Friday…
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