The Thanksgiving weekend period was busy, particularly cold in some places, and productive from a retail perspective, market research firms analyzing sales data and at least one key retailer already have reported.
The U.S. housewares business enters this week expecting reports of a robust Thanksgiving weekend, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season… even though the season now shifts into full gear the day after Halloween.
Analysis from Checkout, an NPD Group receipt mining service, demonstrates that the average amount spent online per buyer on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday 2017 exceeded what was spent at brick-and-mortar stores on the same days by more than 20%, the market research firm stated.
Looking beyond Black Friday, Target has revealed its plans for Cyber Week, beginning Sunday, November 25, with offers across Target.com, including the retailer’s lowest prices of the season on items in toys, home, kitchen appliances, and more.
The Bed Bath & Beyond in-store Black Friday sale begins at 6 a.m. on Black Friday, with the online version starting on Thanksgiving Day.
This holiday season, about 15% of consumers plan to spend more money than they did last year, according to a KPMG holiday shopping survey.
According to Adobe Digital Insights, United States online holiday spending looks to increase 14.8% year-over-year to $124.1 billion.
Consumers may have flooded stores over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but their spending rates were lower than 2016, according to data from The NPD Group’s Checkout service.
The week before Thanksgiving brought slower sales growth for some product categories covered by The NPD Group, and steeper declines for others, resulting in a slight overall decrease in the third week of November versus the week in 2016, according to the market research firm.
According to the National Retail Federation, more than 174 million Americans shopped in stores and online during the just-concluded Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday holiday weekend period.
The International Council of Shopping Centers released its Thanksgiving Weekend Shopping Report, which estimated that more than 145 million adults spent time at malls and shopping centers in the period and spent on average $377.50.
Consumers on Cyber Monday grabbed their mobile devices and went shopping to the tune of $6.59 billion, a 16.8% increase over 2016, according to figures from Adobe.
Early returns from Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend sales were strong as initial data shows more consumers were shopping online for their gift-giving needs.
Adobe has released its online shopping predictions for the upcoming holiday season.
According to a new survey from Deloitte, three-quarters of Americans plan to shop over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, spending an average of $427 between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday.
According to a survey sponsored by Offers.com, Cyber Monday will edge out Black Friday as the top shopping day of the holidays.
Target has revealed its Black Friday ad, which also will deliver online access to early bargains.
The holiday 2017 shopping season will be the first when more consumers in the U.S. start shopping in the mid-season Thanksgiving weekend through Cyber Monday period rather than later, according to The NPD Group.
It could be a jolly holiday season for retailers if the holiday sales forecast from the National Retail Federation proves accurate.
As the holidays approach, BJ’s Wholesale Club said it would close for Thanksgiving Day and open at 7 a.m. on Black Friday.