Thanksgiving weekend shoppers top 141 million, spend $57 billion

By The Christian Science Monitor
Sunday, December 1, 2013 23:44 EST

Between the feasting and the football this Thanksgiving weekend, millions of Americans packed into stores and checked their electronic devices – sometimes at the same time – for good deals.

By the end of the day Sunday, more than 141 million adults will have taken part in this annual celebration – critics say frenzy – of consumerism, spending on average $407.02 on clothes, video games, sporting goods, jewelry and other gifts as well as items for themselves.

Total retail spending for the four-day period is estimated to reach $57.4 billion, according to a National Retail Federation (NRF) survey released Sunday.

The per-person spending amount is slightly less than last year’s figure ($423.55) and the overall figure could end up a bit lower than 2012 as well.

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