A record 196.7 million Americans shopped online and offline from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday — a lift of 17 million from 2021 — per NRF.
November 30, 2022

Amid record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend e-commerce growth, there was an uninvited guest -- bot traffic

Thanksgiving weekend shopping saw record revenue despite the economic uncertainty, but the growth of e-commerce is also attracting unwanted bot traffic.

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