Consumers stroll previous a placard that states "Black Friday preview" at a Macy's retailer as pre-Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation procuring ac
Consumers stroll previous a placard that states “Black Friday preview” at a Macy’s retailer as pre-Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation procuring accelerates on the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, November 22, 2019.
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As on-line procuring turns into extra widespread over the Thanksgiving weekend, some retailers skilled outages amid the surge in site visitors.
Costco‘s web site went down completely for a quick time period early on Thanksgiving Day. Costco.com was experiencing “intermittent gradual load and transaction occasions” beginning late Wednesday, in accordance with web site efficiency monitor Catchpoint.
By Friday morning, Costco had a banner on its web site that stated “all Thanksgiving Day-only promotions have been prolonged into Friday, November 29th, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.”
Attire retailer H&M’s web site was additionally down for a brief interval, lower than 5 minutes, on Thanksgiving morning, Catchpoint stated. The positioning later had intermittent outages once more on Friday morning.
Nordstrom Rack prospects reported some technical points on social media on Black Friday.
The web site monitor Catchpoint additionally stated Home Depot‘s web site had “gradual load occasions” in the course of the center of the day on Thanksgiving.
Representatives from these corporations did not instantly reply to CNBC’s requests for remark.
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