The US set a fresh retail milestone over the Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday stretch, with 202.9 million shoppers participating across the five days. The scale of activity marks a new high and reinforces the importance of the holiday period to categories spanning apparel, accessories and select discretionary goods.<\/p>\n
Spending held firm, with the average shopper putting USD 338 towards holiday purchases. Sixty seven% of that outlay went specifically towards gifts. Clothing and accessories led the list of items bought during the weekend at 51%, followed by toys at 32%. Jewellery featured in the top ten categories, purchased by 14% of shoppers during the long weekend.<\/p>\n
Holiday gifting expectations from NRF\u2019s November survey show jewellery remaining a stable choice. Some 18% of consumers plan to give jewellery as a gift this season. On the receiving side, jewellery holds similar ground, with 19% of consumers hoping to receive it in 2025, compared with 20% last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The US set a fresh retail milestone over the Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday stretch, with 202.9 million shoppers participating across the five days. The scale of activity marks a new high and reinforces the importance of the holiday period to categories spanning apparel, accessories and select discretionary goods. Spending held firm, with the average shopper…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-34250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n