Online Black Friday sales hit record amid pandemic

American shoppers spent a record amount of money online during Black Friday this year as the coronavirus pandemic kept shoppers at home. An estimated $9 billion was spent on goods from U.S. retail websites as part of the annual shopping blitz, according to Adobe Analytics. The Associated Press reported that figure is a 22 percent increase over the last record, set in 2019 when $7.4 billion was spent online.The news service reported a massive…