Why 'Social Inference' is Emerging as the Next Gotta-Have-It Tool for Retailers

Black Friday is now officially a statistic, and an impressive one at that: According to a recent comScore report, over $1 billion in online sales were transacted on Black Friday, representing a 26 percent year-over-year increase. At the same time, early reports indicate that brick-and-mortar sales were actually down 1.8 percent on Black Friday. We can expect more of the same for the remainder of the holiday season as offline sales migrate online.