Black Friday shoppers increase 13.9% and purchasers up 11.9% across major retail sites, according to HookLogic

HookLogic sees UK Black Friday shopping peak from 7-9am and 6-9pm

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Friday 2016 saw more shoppers than ever before make purchases on major retail sites according to insights from HookLogic — the pioneer of performance marketing for brands. Black Friday shoppers¹ and purchasers² were up 13.9% and 11.9% respectively, compared to 2015. The HookLogic Exchange in the UK includes Tesco, ASDA, Argos, Curry’s and PC World.

Further insights from HookLogic, which sees more than 91 billion searches a year on many of the world’s largest retail sites, include:

• On Black Friday, the highest shopper increase over 2015 was at 12am GMT as consumers stayed up into the morning to take advantage of deals that began at midnight. Shopping that hour rose 161% YOY
• Shopping on Black Friday peaked from 7-9am and 6-9pm GMT. Shoppers took advantage of great deals before they went to work and then once again after dinner
• Average Black Friday cart size was 1.8 units; with an average total cart value of £91.30 and individual unit value of £50.55
• The top 20 products in the Toys and Consumer Electronics (CE) categories’ most searched items between 1^st – 21st November 2016 (ranked by volume of searches), include:

Toys	CE
Hatchimals	smart TV
Nintendo	toaster
Shopkins	phones
Lego	cameras
Paw Patrol	xBox One games
NES Classic Edition	coffee machine
Pokemon/Pokemon Cards	phone
Barbie	Speak Out
Our Generation	earphones
xBox one	tumble dryer
Pokemone cards	xBox One S
Trolls	Skylanders
Power Wheels	Tassimo
Melissa & Doug	Apple Watch
Legos	keyboard
PS4	mac
TV Hero	iPad Mini
Nerf guns	iPad Pro 9.7 inch
My Little Pony	4k TV
HotWheels	telephones

“Black Friday may have started as a US-based holiday, but it has now become firmly entrenched as a key part of the UK retail calendar,” said HookLogic Managing Director, Europe, Ben Cooper. “With the shift of shopping to mobile phones, and the rise of Click & Collect, HookLogic Sponsored Products are a way for brands to drive attention to their products in an environment where it is even harder to achieve visibility and drive sales.”

Ecommerce in the UK is expected to reach £148 billion (Ecommerce Foundation, April, 2015) in 2016. With the double-digit increases in both shoppers and purchasers online seen from HookLogic data, retailers and brand marketers need to meet the different shopping processes that online and mobile environments present. HookLogic will be issuing weekly ecommerce data reports in the UK throughout the season. For more information, visit: https://hooklogic.com/holiday-insights-2016/.

¹ Unique users across ecommerce sites

² User conversions

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About HookLogic

HookLogic, the pioneer of performance marketing for brands, partners with the world’s leading retailers and online travel agencies to accelerate sales for product brands and hotels. Advertisers use the platform to reach in-market shoppers, drive traffic to products, and attribute resulting sales. Network partners and advertisers include Walmart, Tesco, Target, ASDA, Best Buy, Macy’s, Expedia, Hasbro, Intel, LG, L’Oreal, Mondelez, Philips, Microsoft and Marriott. HookLogic is headquartered in New York, with offices in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Santa Monica, Calif.; London, Paris, São Paulo, Toronto and the Netherlands. HookLogic was acquired by Criteo (NDSQ:CRTO) on 9^th November 2016. For more information, please visit www.hooklogic.com or call [phone].