Many consumers buy their major technology products on Black Friday. The web site BlackFriday.com predicts that Black Friday sales in 2011 will surpass all records with a 20 percent increase over 2010 – which drew 212 million shoppers to stores to spend an average of $365.34.

Here’s an infographic from BlackFriday.com showing just how important the sale day was to retailers in 2010:

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