With retailers employing strategies to make the last few days up to Christmas lucrative, Salesforce reported global online sales for the 2024 holiday season from November 1 to December 15 reached $849 billion, up 4% year-over-year. Although the gains so far this...
Right around 157.2 million consumers plan to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas, Super Saturday, according to an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, up from 141.9 million on the date in 2023. The total...
As the company makes a closing holiday pitch to consumers, Walmart is touting its technical abilities as a means to better serve consumers navigating the last weeks of the year. Walmart stated that it is leveraging the company’s integrated supply chain and expansive...
More than half of 2024 Cyber Weekend shoppers made purchases mostly or only online, while continuing concern about higher prices factored notably in their shopping and purchase choices, according to market research company Numerator. Numerator surveyed more than 9,600...
Preliminary results from Mastercard SpendingPulse research indicate U.S. retail sales, excluding automotive, on Black Friday, November 29, increased year over year by 3.4%. Black Friday has evolved into a multiple-day promotional occasion, Mastercard noted, adding...
