Surprising no one, smartphones are now used for most Thanksgiving online spending

The retail industry's all-important Black Friday weekend got off to an early start this year thanks to a surge in online spending activity, even though we were all supposed to be with family, relaxing and enjoying turkey the day before. But even more interesting than the fact that Thanksgiving Day hit a record in terms of online spending ($1.75 billion by 5 p.m., according to Adobe Analytics), that same data reflected that consumers are now using smartphones for the majority of their turkey day ...