With Black Friday just weeks away, both retailers and consumers alike are gearing up for (or even already in the midst of) the holiday shopping season. Armed with the retail sales data from its SpendingPulse analytics tool, MasterCard revealed the biggest trends for this year’s...
It’s no surprise that Black Friday has a less-than-stellar reputation among the general public (even those who can’t resist in participating in it), particularly as it has crept into Thanksgiving itself. More unexpected is the fact that many retailers are actively pushing back against it....
December 19, 2017
The last few holiday seasons, from a retail sales point of view, have been a bit … lackluster. From 2014 to 2016, there was a visible consumer bump during the holiday season, according to First Data’s annual holiday shopping report. But, looking at the data, those bumps were either very muted, like they were in 2014 and 2016, […]
November 10, 2015
With Black Friday just weeks away, both retailers and consumers alike are gearing up for (or even already in the midst of) the holiday shopping season. Armed with the retail sales data from its SpendingPulse analytics tool, MasterCard revealed the biggest trends for this year’s healthy spending season. Sarah Quinlan, MasterCard’s SVP of Market Insights, […]
