Consumers Plan To Spend Big This Holiday Season - Forbes

According to JLL’s 2024 Holiday Shopping Survey of more than 1,000 consumers, holiday budgets are up by 31.7%, with the average consumer planning to spend $1,261, a sharp increase from last year ... Read More

What to know about holiday consumers this year | Retail Dive

What to know about holiday consumers this year How much will this year’s anomalies — including a presidential election, inflation and a super-short season — affect shopping in 2024? Read More

Inflation-Battered Consumers Are Going to Extreme Lengths to Nab Holiday Deals - MSN

Welcome to the 2024 holidays: Where inflation-weary shoppers are going to extreme lengths to get a deal. One example is Jaime Johnson-Duplessis, a nonprofit director in Atlanta, who plans to spend ... Read More

US consumer spending falls; tariff-related boost to inflation awaited

U.S. natural gas futures rose over 2% on Wednesday, snapping two days of declines, as hotter mid-July forecasts are expected to lift air-conditioning demand, prompting power generators to burn more ... Read More

Holiday shopping season expected to be strong, despite worries about inflation - San Antonio Business Journal

Predictions of a record holiday spending season come at a time when American consumers continue to be concerned about their capacity to spend, thanks largely to inflation. The Business Journals ... Read More

Holiday shopping season expected to be strong, despite worries about inflation - Pacific Business News

Despite negative consumer sentiment about inflation and the cost of goods, the 2024 holiday shopping season is largely expected to be a robust one. Read More

Target exec issues grim warning as Americans begin holiday shopping - MSN

The former vice chairman of Target has issued a dire warning to American consumers and retailers ahead of the holiday shopping period. Gerald Storch predicted that the seasonal shopping period ... Read More

2024 holiday shopping: ‘Buy now, pay later’ gets 11.4% boost - NBC10 Philadelphia

The data firm Adobe Analytics predicts shoppers will spend 11.4% more this holiday season using buy now, pay later than they did a year ago. Read More

A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping? - NBC4 Washington

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike.. A lengthy shutdown could raise prices on goods ... Read More

Inflation-Battered Consumers Are Going To Extreme Lengths To Nab Holiday Deals

Driving six hours for a used rowing machine. Slashing Christmas budgets by 80%. Shopping for gifts starting around Easter. Welcome to the 2024 holidays: Where inflation-weary shoppers are going to ... Read More