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Online retailers gird themselves for poor end-year sales

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In 2022, US online sales will rise just 9.4 per cent to US$1 trillion, the first time growth has slipped into the single digits.

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Instead of the Black Friday sale this year, many online retailers are worried that they may be hit by a Bleak Friday.
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