By every forecast and measure possible, this holiday shopping season is slated to be a record-breaker. In fact, this whole year's shopping spree is setting records that not even the Grinch could stop.
U.S. shoppers are expected to spend up to $859 billion between this month and next, according to the National Retail Federation. That could be as much as 10.5% more than what was spent during last year's record holiday shopping season.
Black Friday shopping in stores drops from pre-pandemic levels
Traffic at retail stores on Black Friday dropped 28.3 percent compared with 2019 levels, as shoppers shifted more of their spending online and kicked off their shopping earlier in the year, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.
This time in 2020, many shoppers stayed at home due to fears around the coronavirus pandemic and as retailers operated on somewhat reduced hours.
Small Business Saturday Holiday Shopping Is Back, and Maybe Changed Forever – NBC New York
Over one-third of Americans (34%) say they plan to shop on Small Business Saturday, a rebound from 2020, but spending during the holiday promotional day has not returned to the levels seen before the pandemic, according to a new CNBC|Momentive Small Business Survey.
In 2020, 30% of Americans said they would patronize a small business on Small Business Saturday. Pre-pandemic, support for local businesses was higher, if declining: 44% in 2018 and 39% in 2019.
Don't procrastinate: Surge in early holiday shopping seen by Michigan's iconic gift brands -
Truffles are a gift box staple at Grocer's Daughter Chocolate in Empire, near Sleeping Bear Dunes. Photo provided by Grocer's Daughter Chocolate.
If you think holiday shopping in Michigan really starts on Thanksgiving weekend, you're months behind the new reality. Try Halloween, or maybe even early fall.
Small businesses struggle to fill jobs and ask holiday shoppers for kindness : NPR
People walk by a hiring sign in a store window in New York on Nov. 17. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Holiday shopping season is always high-stakes for Saxon Shoes in Virginia — a time when people shop for several pairs at once and splurge on pricy winter boots.
Biden spotted in Nantucket shopping indoors without a mask despite sign mandating them | Fox News
President Biden can be seen inside shopping with his mask down, he is seen through the front which has a sign showing that they require face covering.
President Joe Biden was spotted shopping inside a store over the weekend without wearing a mask which he has repeatedly urged Americans to wear.
How to stay safe while holiday shopping
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - While everyone's out getting their holiday shopping done, security experts warn you should watch your surroundings.
"I don't carry a purse, he carries my wallet in his inside pocket, that way there is nothing to target and then we just carry our shopping bags in our hands," shopper Muneesha Goyal said.
Local Downtown Charleston businesses celebrate start of holiday shopping | WOWK
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Small business owners in downtown Charleston say the 2021 holiday shopping season started out strong.
Taylor Books owner Dan Carlisle says that on Friday, the store did possibly the most business it has ever done and at the Odd Bird Emporium gift shop, they say sales this Black Friday beat sales on the same day in 2019.
Black Friday Shopping Is Back, but the Doorbusters Aren't - WSJ
The Covid-19 pandemic didn't just change consumer habits. It also prompted retailers to rethink Black Friday , one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Many stores stayed closed this Thanksgiving, in a break with a pre-pandemic tradition of opening Thursday evening. Retailers have moved away from doorbusters, the deeply discounted items available for a limited time that drew hordes of shoppers to stores on Friday morning.
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