Black Friday with Shopify & Amazon 11/28/25

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CNBC

Business News, Business, Investing, News

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Black Friday kicks off the official holiday shopping season. Shopify president Harley Finkelstein shares his platform’s real-time shopping data and highlights the shifting trends among shoppers in 2025. So far this Black Friday, consumers are buying skincare, athletic wear, and vitamins and supplements. On Amazon, the platform’s head of Prime Video U.S. global sports and advertising Jay Marine discusses Black Friday football streams and holiday shopping deals. CNBC’s senior retail reporter Courtney Reagan is covering the holiday from a New Jersey mall; though the cadence of shopping has shifted over the years, Reagan reports on the longstanding importance of Black Friday for retailers. Plus, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for “serious” peace talks with Ukraine, and a data center issue caused a major outage at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Courtney Reagan - 14:45 Harley Finkelstein - 19:12 Jay Marine - 26:34 In this episode: Harley Finkelstein, @harleyf Jay Marine, @jaymarine Courtney Reagan, @CourtReagan Robert Frank, @robtfrank Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is SquawkPod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.5	On today's episode, it's Black Friday.
0:11.8	The holiday shopping season is officially upon us,
0:15.6	so we're going to the mall with CNBC's Courtney Regan.
0:19.4	The cadence has changed for the day as far as when traffic peaks, but it is still a very,
0:24.1	very important day for retail.
0:26.1	We're checking in on Shopify with President Harley Finkelstein's minute-to-minute sales
0:32.0	numbers.
0:33.1	Skin care, vitamins, supplements, active wear.
0:35.6	So people are shopping for themselves right now.
0:37.6	Right.
0:38.2	And on Amazon with head of U.S. Prime Video, Jay Marine.
0:42.2	The platform is touting Black Friday football and Black Friday shopping.
0:47.1	And we're going to have Black Friday deals happening all throughout the day
0:50.8	that you can shop throughout the game and really and take action right
0:55.0	from your couch.
0:56.0	Plus the rest of today's news that got us squawking like Russian President Putin ready
1:02.0	for serious peace talks with Ukraine.
1:05.0	And a cooling issue at a data center caused a major outage at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Thanks for having me on a day when nothing's working.
1:13.6	It's Friday, November 28th, and SquawkPod begins right now.
1:19.6	Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
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