Labor Day 2020 has an unfortunate cloud hanging over it: a high U.S. unemployment rate, even as the nation engages in its annual celebration of workers. While the holiday barbecues will roll on (socially distanced, of course), there will be millions of workers wondering when...
Every year, Americans cap off the summer with a collective mini-vacation called Labor Day — an event marked with barbecues, trips to the beach, catching a ballgame and pretty much doing as little labor as humanly possible. It’s something of a unique entity, insofar as it’s...
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There’s nothing like a holiday to get people spending — and it’s not just Christmas and Hanukkah. In America, holidays like Halloween, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, Easter and Valentine’s Day can really get the funds flowing. Consumers also drop big dollars on travel and...
September 04, 2017
Today, nationwide, Americans are celebrating the joys of hard work and earning an honest day’s living by sleeping late, going one last time to the beach and soaking up the last of the 75 percent off Labor Day sales instead of going to work. It’s good to take one day a year to remind ourselves that perhaps the greatest joy […]
September 05, 2016
It’s that time of year again — kids are heading back to school, the nights are getting cooler and there’s pumpkin spice everything, everywhere. It’s true, summer is over. But...
September 01, 2024
Amazon’s checkout reportedly suffered a technical issue as its Labor Day sale began. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications […]
May 03, 2018
There’s nothing like a holiday to get people spending — and it’s not just Christmas and Hanukkah. In America, holidays like Halloween, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, Easter and Valentine’s...
