Ready, set, shop: Is a record-setting $1 trillion retail holiday season in the offing?
By Jackie Crosby Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) Dec 1, 2019
The outlookThe 2019 holiday could mark retailers’ first ever trillion-dollar shopping season, according to a number of market research firms, including Deloitte and eMarketer.
Deloitte forecasts a bump in sales as high as 5 percent compared with last year. The nation’s largest retail industry group, the National Retail Federation (NRF), expects consumers to spend an average of $1,048 during the holiday shopping season. NRF’s crystal ball readers predict a 4.2 percent increase at the high end.
“Is a record-setting $1 trillion retail holiday season in the offing?”
I would love to see that record Being set by the Trump economy. The left would somehow have to report it.
I’ll do my part! Any excuse to shop, what the heck!