As the battle for consumer spending intensifies in the 2022 holiday season, Bloomberg Second Measure analyzed three major big-box retailers known for their Black Friday events— Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), and Best Buy Co, Inc (NYSE: BBY)—to see how they fared during Black Friday week. Using consumer transaction data, we found that Walmart outperformed its peers in terms of overall year-over-year sales growth in the U.S. Additionally, all three companies saw greater year-over-year growth in their online sales than their retail sales. Black Friday week sales growth was a mixed bag in 2022 Looking at Black Friday 2022 results, U.S. consumer sales during that week grew 6 percent year-over-year at Walmart Inc and 2 percent year-over-year at Target Corporation.