On Thursday, data unveiled by Salesforce, a prominent U.S. cloud - computing software firm, indicated that online sales in the United States during this year's Thanksgiving holiday are anticipated to experience a 6% year - on - year increase, with the total amount expected to hit $8.6 billion. By 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, Thanksgiving spending had already seen a 5.8% uptick compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, amounting to $2.6 billion. In American culture, Thanksgiving is a major shopping occasion, similar to the "Double 11" shopping spree in China. People often take advantage of this time to buy various goods at discounted prices, which drives the growth of online sales. And in English - speaking business contexts, using phrases like "anticipated to experience" and "seen a...uptick" is more in line with formal business English expression habits, making the description more precise and professional.