Consumer News Consumers Expect To Spend More On Gifts This Year

I Asked ChatGPT What Christmas Gifts To Avoid: Here’s What It Said

I used ChatGPT and asked for what gifts to skip because they're overpriced, risky or likely to turn into a financial headache. Read More

How these Philly-area consumers are spending $150 on all their holiday gifts

U.S. consumers are expected to spend on average more than $600 a person on holiday gifts this year. Some are resisting consumerist pressures. Read More

Why are consumers spending more this Cyber Monday despite economic headwinds?

Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones on Cyber Monday ... Read More

Here's how much U.S. consumers expect to spend for Halloween this year

The U.S. economy is playing tricks on Americans, but consumers still plan to treat themselves for the holidays this year. Nearly 80% of respondents to new survey from consulting firm PwC said they ... Read More

Americans plan to spend big this holiday season even as they fret about the economy, Visa finds

Americans are expected to open their wallets this holiday season, increasing their gift budgets even as a slowing job market and stubborn inflation weigh on consumer confidence, according to a new ... Read More

Holiday retail outlook 2025: American consumers expected to spend $1 trillion despite economic concerns

Locally, TD Bank data shows nearly three-quarters of shoppers in New York and northern New Jersey plan to use credit cards to cover their holiday expenses. Read More

US luxury holiday spend to stay steady in 2025, Saks Global survey shows

US luxury consumers are planning to keep holiday spending levels steady in 2025, according to the latest Luxury Pulse survey from US luxury retailer Saks Global. The October 2025 wave of the quarterly ... Read More

Survey: Shoppers expect to spend about $890 at holidays

Consumers expect to spend an average of $890 per person on Christmas holiday items this year, a retail trade group said on Thursday That amount, 1.3% less than last year's record $902, is the ... Read More

79% of Americans have less than $1,000 to spend on the 2025 holiday season, Achieve survey finds

SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 4 in 5 (79%) of consumers have less than $1,000 set aside for the 2025 holiday season and over half (52%) expect to incur debt that will take ... Read More

Giving vouchers for Christmas? Consider cash as fifth of recipients yet to use last year’s

The annual Christmas survey from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) also suggests people are expecting to spend only slightly less this year than in 2024 despite the enduring ... Read More

Holiday spending predicted to go up 3.1% in Ohio this year

The University of Cincinnati Economics Center predicts holiday spending will hit $32 billion in Ohio this year, up 3.1% from last year. Read More

Online spending is expected to slow this holiday season as consumers tighten their belts — how to save more if you aim to spend less this year

The holiday season is always a time when people spend big, but that may not be the case this year. In fact, a survey from PwC found that consumers expect to spend 5% less this year than last year, ... Read More