Black Friday 2011 in America: retailers recorded the biggest total amount for one day sales in history and the one day sales hit $11.40 billion

America’s retailers experienced significant sales for this year’s holiday shopping season.  Many bargain shoppers camped out near favorite stores to get the best deals.  One day after the Thanksgiving Day is called as Black Friday. 

According to this year’s Black Friday sales data compiled by ShopperTrak, Chicago-based research firm, the one days sales jumped 6.6% over last year’s Black Friday.  The one day sale represents $11.40 billion in total purchases.  This year’s Black Friday is considered as the biggest total amount in term of dollar value in history in America.

ShopperTrak noted that the previous record sales for one day occurred during the Black Friday 2007 where sales increased about 8.3% from the 2006 sales.

Aside counting the sales in dollar value, ShopperTrak also compiled data for the number of visitors that visiting stores during the Black Friday.  Based on this year’s data, foot-traffic to stores increased 5.1% over Black Friday 2010.