From the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Black Friday Shopping: Protect Your Identity:
“Black Friday is one of the most lucrative shopping days of the year for retailers in brick-and-mortar shops and online, but shoppers aren't the only ones looking for deals. Malicious people may be able to obtain personal information (such as credit card numbers, phone numbers, account numbers and addresses) by stealing your wallet, overhearing a phone conversation, rummaging through your trash (a practice known as dumpster diving) or picking up a receipt at a restaurant that has your account number on it. If a thief has enough information, he or she may be able to impersonate you to purchase items, open new accounts or apply for loans.
From CISA, Holiday Online Shopping:
“At CISA, we are committed to helping Americans better protect themselves online. This holiday shopping season, we’re here to provide a few easy steps to prevent you from becoming a victim of cyber-crime.
“Using strong passwords, updating your software, thinking before you click on suspicious links and turning on multi-factor authentication are the basics of what we call 'cyber hygiene' and will drastically improve your online safety.
“Here are the 4 common sense ways to protect yourself online:
Data: July 2023 Monthly State Retail Sales were released October 31, 2023 and are available in the csv files and data visualization below. For explanatory materials for these experimental statistics, please visit the Monthly State Retail Sales Overview and the technical documentation. For more information on the content of the data files, please reference the Monthly State Retail Sales Data Dictionary
Source: Quarterly E-Commerce Sales (Supplemental Tables)
Source: 1992-2023 Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MRTS)
Source: 2021 Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program
Source: 1992-2021 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Source: 1978-2021 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)
Source: 2021 County Business Patterns (CBP)
CBP is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll and annual payroll.
Source: 2020 Nonemployer Statistics (NES)
Source: 2017 Economic Census