Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025: The Report

A comprehensive analysis of Black Friday and Cyber Monday performance across DTC brands.
IN THIS whitepaper

What happened during Cyber Week 2025?

This report analyzes how ecommerce brands performed during Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025 using aggregated Northbeam data. It examines changes in spend, revenue, efficiency, and customer acquisition costs to surface the patterns that defined this year’s peak season.

About the author

Andrew Kaszuba,
Head of Insights

Andrew helps high-growth brands cut through the noise, specializing in turning complex paid media data into clear, actionable insights.

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trends and insights

Performance trends across spend, revenue, MER, and CAC

Explore how ad spend and revenue shifted year over year, where efficiency improved or declined, and how rising acquisition costs impacted brands differently depending on size, channel mix, and industry.

Who it’s for

Written for teams responsible for peak-season performance

This whitepaper was written for:

Performance and growth marketers managing significant Q4 media budgets.

Marketing leaders responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and board-level reporting.

Teams evaluating attribution models, incrementality, and media mix decisions for future planning.

who's up and who's down?

Channel-level and industry-level insights from Cyber Week

Understand how Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, and other channels contributed during BFCM, and how performance varied across industries including beauty, fashion, health & wellness, food & beverage, and more.

the northbeam bfcm 2025 review

A benchmark report to inform 2026 planning

Use this analysis as a reference point for setting budgets, expectations, and measurement frameworks ahead of the next Black Friday and Cyber Monday, grounded in observed outcomes, not speculation.