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Nov 27, 2023

Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally, +9% to $16.4B in U.S.

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0. Data and calendar

All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

All times are ET.

1. Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally, +9% to $16.4B in U.S.

79% of e-commerce traffic was mobile, majority sourced from search, direct

Salesforce.

2. UK, U.S., OpenAI, Google, others unveil non-binding ā€˜Guidelines for secure AI system development’ document

Guidelines for secure AI system development.

  • Document more focused on classic cybersecurity, rather than AI doomer or misaligment risk.

  • Comes after the AI Safety Summit, held earlier in November in the UK.

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3. Amazon delivering 5.9B parcels in U.S. in 2023, surpassing UPS to become #1

WSJ.

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