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🖤Cyber Weekend According to new research from VoucherCodes and the Centre for Retail Research, UK consumers are predicted to spend £13.41m per minute over the Cyber Weekend this year. This equates to £8.29bn in online and offline sales from Black Friday through to Cyber Monday – a 6% uplift on the £7.78bn spent in 2017. The figures reveal that spending over the Cyber Weekend has grown significantly over the last five years, with online and offline spend up 66% and 68% respectively since 2013. In total, spending online and on the high street over those four days alone now accounts for 24% of festive sales, compared to 14% in 2013. This year, shoppers are expected to spend £2.44bn on Black Friday. Sales are set to continue to increase over the weekend, reaching their peak on Cyber Monday as consumers are predicted to spend almost £2.96bn on the final day of the weekend. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via VoucherCodes.