Black Friday

UK retail sales growth cools as budget offsets Black Friday

Total retail sales increased just 1.4% year-on-year in November, below the 12-month average

Shoppers spent US$337.86 on average on items such as gifts, holiday apparel, decorations and other seasonal purchases, up from US$315.56 in 2024, according to the NRF report.

Record shoppers, online sales surge signal strong US holiday season momentum

Analysts have noted that consumers remained savvy and watched price tags carefully to avoid impulse buys this year

Cyber Monday is once again expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year in the US.

Cyber Monday US spending growth seen lagging Europe amid tariffs

Mixed signals are swirling in the America this holiday shopping season

With unemployment near a four-year high, shoppers have also become more selective.

US Black Friday consumers go online, rather than stand in line

Shoppers are leaning heavily on promotional codes found online through social media influencers to squeeze out extra discounts during Cyber Week

Competition, especially in online deals, should help avert a massive hike in prices.

Despite doubts over economy, Americans set for record holiday spending

National Retail Federation says holiday sales to top US$1 trillion for the first time

Total retail sales in the UK rose 1.6 per cent from a year earlier, below the 12-month average and the slowest since May.

UK retail sales growth slows ahead of Black Friday

Shoppers are also opting for special supermarket meals at home to save on dining out

ByteDance set out to increase TikTok’s US e-commerce arm 10-fold this year, to as much as US$17.5 billion.

TikTok Shop triples Black Friday sales, topping US$100 million

TIKTOK tripled its US shopping sales to more than US$100 million on Black Friday, a sign of the app’s growing popularity despite a looming ban.

Some 197 million shoppers, about 59 per cent of the US population, made purchases during a five-day stretch that includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to figures from the National Retail Federation.

Retailers point to solid US sales over holiday weekend

US CONSUMERS turned out in force in stores and online over the Thanksgiving weekend, a key stretch in the holiday shopping season, a leading retailer group said on Tuesday.

A person searches for specials on a computer during the Cyber Monday shopping event in Miami, Florida, Dec 2, 2024.

US retailers aim to cash in on Cyber Monday with steep online discounts

AFTER lackluster spending at US stores on a deals-heavy Black Friday, retailers are pulling out all the stops with steep promotions and discounts on their websites and apps to entice people to buy hol...