Sentences with phrase «holiday spending growth»

Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, is projected to capture half of the e-commerce holiday spending growth, according to Bain & Co..

Not exact matches

Lower gas prices — down about 9 % compared to last year — are adding a few billion to U.S. consumers» 2014 holiday spending budget, Customer Growth Partners President Craig Johnson told Fortune.

With only the two upper quintiles of American households seeing any kind of meaningful income growth, and the bottom three quintiles still feeling the lingering effects of the recession, the holiday spending landscape has likely become bifurcated.

This will directly impact the pocketbooks of consumers, and could lead to even lower economic growth during the quarter (and even during fourth - quarter holiday spending).

Another facilitator of this growth spurt came from online holiday spending, which increased 18.1 % this year, according to the Mastercard data.

«Spending growth on credit cards hit a four - month high in December as consumers increasingly turned to credit to fund discretionary holiday purchases,» said First Data's Krish Mantripragada in a statement released with the data Jan. 13.

«Consumer spending growth gained momentum in October, which should provide retailers with an optimistic outlook heading into the holiday season,» said First Data's Krish Mantripragada in a statement.

Another facilitator of this growth spurt came from online holiday spending, which increased 18.1 % this year, according to the Mastercard data.

And, of course, Lore's still playing catch - up to nemesis Jeff Bezos and Amazon, whose endless aisles captured about half of online spending growth during the holidays, according to Bain & Co..

(TNS)-- Consumer spending, a key driver of the U.S. economy, showed solid growth last month to kick off the holiday shopping season as incomes also kept rising, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

«Retail sales growth into the holidays is reflecting the spending intentions of shoppers.