consumers rp projected to spend 34.8 billion dollars which would be 3% more than last year, black friday we re still waiting for the official numbers to come in and expect it to be 9.2 billion in online sales, which would be a 1% increase from last year, but with inflation being almost 8%, retailers are actually losing ground with online sales, but take a look at this video that we just shot today here in new york city, griff. i mentioned for the first time in two years, a lot of people are doing their shopping in person. some of the more popular items that we re seeing, a lot of the tech gifts that you would expect, apple air pods, apple watches, smart speakers, tv, digital cameras as well. so many people are excited to go into the store and take these items home directly. listen to this. it s more fun to do it in person because you get to interact with other people and you kind of get to see it in person, i m a hands-on person, i like to buy stuff at the store. so if you want to
$9.2 billion in online sales which would be a 1% increase from last year. but with inflation being almost 8%, retailers are actually losing ground in online sales. take a look at this video, charles. after two years of pandemic disruptions, a lot of people are going back into stores this year. a lot of the popular items that we re seeing, apple air pods as well as apple watches, smart tvs, smart speakers, digital cameras as well, and a lot of people are really excited to go into the store, hold these items many person and take hem home correctly. listen to this. it s more fun to do it in person because you get to interabout with other people and see it in person. i m a hands-on person, so i like to buy stuff at the store. reporter: now, if you re planning on going out and shopping hear in these gnu next but days, adobe analytics says here s what you need to know. if you re shopping for toys, you should do that today. sporting goods and apparel,
but 100 and 20% of your loans, if you are socially disadvantaged. if you re african american, some other minority, but if you are white, over white women, no forgiveness that s as reparations, what does that have to do with covid? maybe homeboy should worry about that subpoena down in georgia instead of white farmers give, but as you heard in 2021 senator lisa graham had the temerity to object to a small portion of the covid relief bill that would provide a four billion dollar fund for disadvantaged farmers. about a quarter of whom happened to be black. now, the clarity the department of agriculture says 97% of the 9.2 billion from trump s coronavirus food assistance program, went to white farmers. that is according to a report by the ewg. so these payments would be just a drop in the bucket and what is needed to rectify decades, decades of broken promises and discrimination from the u.s. the aid that caused black farmers to lose roughly 90% of their land between 1910 and
saffron cordery, is interim chief executive of nhs providers, which represents hospitals and trusts across england. earlier, we asked her if the government s pledge was still on schedule. we know there have been some real challenges with the progress of the new hospitals programme and many trusts are behind schedule because they haven t been given the go ahead to get building. i think we have to put this in the context of wider challenges for the nhs, in terms of investment in bricks and mortar and investment in its infrastructure, but the expenditure to date has been woefully lacking. things like estates maintenance and backlog are already at £9.2 billion worth needs to be done, and that s just for repairs and maintenance. then we have this whole programme that we are waiting to see delivered and we haven t yet seen sufficient funding or the right timeframes come forward to deliver it.
hospitals and trusts across england. i asked her if the government s pledge was still on schedule. we know there have been some real challenges with the progress of the new hospitals programme and many trusts are behind schedule because they haven t been given the go ahead to get building. i think we have to put this in the context of wider challenges for the nhs, in terms of investment in bricks and mortar and investment in its infrastructure, but the expenditure to date has been woefully lacking. things like estates maintenance and backlog are already at £9.2 billion worth needs to be done, and that s just for repairs and maintenance. then we have this whole programme that we are waiting to see delivered and we haven t yet seen sufficient funding or the right time frames come forward to deliver it. who is responsible for these delays and this lack of funding allowing