Shopping center organization ICSC reported 207 million people, or about 79% of all adults in the United States, shopped during the five-day period ending on Cyber Monday of this year, four points higher than 2023 totals more the same period. In a similar result year...
Costco Wholesale Corp. posted comparable gains for November and its first quarter, helped by positive non-food comps but impacted on the e-commerce side by a later Thanksgiving weekend. For the quarter ended November 24, comp sales, excluding the effect of fuel sales...
The five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday saw an estimated 197 million active shoppers, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The total is second highest in the poll’s...
Black Friday, Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Eve all saw higher online sales in 2024 versus the same occasions a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics. Black Friday digital sales were $10.8 billion versus $9.8 billion in 2023, while Thanksgiving sales were $6.1...
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...
