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The morning after Black Friday, Sarah Chen had buyer's remorse. She'd grabbed a skincare set from Ulta on Friday for $14, thinking she'd scored a deal. But by Monday, she watched the same product drop to $12. By Wednesday, it hit $11. She'd paid 27% more than patient shoppers who waited just three days.

An exclusive analysis conducted by web data company Decodo, with data collected starting from Black Friday (28 November 2025) through early December 2025, exposed a phenomenon where the days after Black Friday matter as much as the day itself. For millions of shoppers, the question isn't whether they got a good deal on November 28. It's whether they should have waited until December.