Cyber Monday generated sales gains of 6 to 7 percent in the U.S., spurred by heavy discounting, AI and consumers who were shopping more with their mobile devices and on social media.

On Tuesday, Adobe reported that U.S. consumers spent $14.3 billion online during Cyber Monday, which was 7.1 percent more than last year. The tally was slightly above Adobe’s earlier projection of $14.2 billion in sales. In the peak hours of 8 to 10 p.m., when online shopping was the busiest, consumers spent $16 million every minute, according to Adobe.

Salesforce — sounding somewhat less bullish than Adobe but still positive on the outcome — reported that online Cyber Monday sales grew 6 percent to $13.6 billion in the U.S. Globally, online sales for the day rose 7 percent to $53 billion. Online order vo

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