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Adobe Insights, which measures 80 percent of online transactions at 100 major U.S. retailers, said mobile transactions are «hitting record highs» this holiday season.

Additionally, in 2016, one - third of those who began preparation before September reported a very successful holiday season — 12 percent higher than those who started September and later.

This growth, while far slower than last year's 5.2 percent gain, is slightly higher than the 10 - year average holiday sales gain of 2.6 percent, the group said.

For online merchants who sold during the 2013 holiday season, when asked which types of discounts were most effective, 48 percent indicated that «limited time sales and discounts» drove the highest conversions, with «free shipping» ranking second at 39 percent.

NRF's forecast follows those from Deloitte and AlixPartners, which call for holiday retail sales increasing between 3.8 and 4.5 percent, thanks to higher online spending and a tightening labor market.

But better products and inventory management, two of retailers» most talked - about tools for keeping prices high over the holidays, have to compete with buyers» memories of years of price cuts of 50 percent or more.

Strength of doll brands like Barbie and Monster High around the world helped Mattel's net income rise 16 percent in the third quarter, a positive sign ahead of the all - important holiday season.

That was just 3.9 percent higher than the same period a year earlier, and down 35.7 percent from the busy holiday season that included the fourth quarter of 2013.

Early results are in from the data tracking this year's post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping and Adobe puts this year's Cyber Monday sales at seventeen percent higher than last year's, for a total of about $ 2 billion.

Just last year, Canada's household debt burden hit record highs, and holiday spending was up another 8 percent.

The average number of traffic - related deaths over the last six Thanksgiving holiday weekends was more than 10 percent higher than the number of fatalities during similar non-holiday periods.

Consumer Confidence remained high in the final week for holiday shopping, up 0.8 percent from the December flash to a higher - than - predicted December reading of 92.6.

At the same time, the U.S. stock markets reached all - time highs over the last few months and retail sales (dollars spent in stores, in restaurants and online) capped a strong year with 2017 holiday sales that increased more than 5.5 percent year over year, according to the National Retail Federation.