Consumer News Inflation Is Likely To Affect Consumers Holiday Shopping Plans

Holiday spending rises despite inflation, this data shows

Retail stocks, including Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, Walmart Inc. WMT, and Target Corp. TGT, are drawing renewed investor focus as early indicators suggest the 2025 holiday shopping season is proving more ... Read More

Holiday blues? Here’s what consumers say about holiday shopping plans

Despite U.S. economic conditions that are pummeling consumers with persistent inflation, skyrocketing housing costs and a softening labor market, retail experts predict the 2025 holiday shopping ... Read More

Shoppers Spent Big This Holiday Season, Despite Economic Pressures

Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending. Read More

Inflation drives up holiday spending, but shoppers get less for their money

(CNN) — Americans, enraged about years of rising prices, are going into the 2025 holiday shopping season prepared for battle. But this holiday shopping season could look a lot stronger than you’d ... Read More

Cint Inflation Report Shows Global Consumers Pull Back on Holiday Spending as Grocery Costs and Financial Pressure Intensify

Cint’s Inflation 2025 Report, based on a global survey of approximately 1,500 consumers across the U.S., UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), Singapore, and Japan, highlights mounting ... Read More

Buyer's anxiety hits hard this holiday season partly due to inflation, survey says

The holidays are right around the corner, a time usually filled with joy, generosity and celebration. But with inflation still squeezing wallets nationwide, many Americans are feeling less festive ... Read More

Weekly Holiday Shopping Insights: Decreased Holiday Meal Spend, Premade Meals, and Low-key New Year’s Eve Plans

CivicScience engages directly with consumers, collecting over one million survey responses daily, to turn real-time insights into high-performing advertising campaigns. See how leading brands use ... Read More

Retailers Brace For An Uncertain Holiday Season As Consumers Pull Back

Today’s Forbes Daily newsletter is all about the holiday shopping season: From tariffs to inflation to the K-shaped economy. Here’s a preview of what’s expected in retail’s biggest months of 2025. The ... Read More

Consumer Confidence Plunges As Holiday Shopping Season Begins: What To Know

Consumer confidence has plummeted to its lowest level since the spring as the holiday shopping season begins, according to new data. The Consumer Confidence Index fell to 88.7 in November, The ... Read More

It's a tale of two consumers this holiday season — and they're both at Walmart

Retiree Eileen Gowlak, 86, used to buy her clothes from Walmart when the retailer would have a big sale. But those days are over. “I noticed the clothing went up, and they don’t have the sales they ... Read More

Consumers plan increased holiday spending with extra budget for travel and themselves

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. KPMG LLC is pleased to share the results of our latest ... Read More

A Tale Of Two Shoppers: Holiday Shopping In America

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: Shoppers and pedestrians move through the Pitt Street Mall on November 28, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) After dominating ... Read More