U.S. online spending rose nearly 9% during the 2024 holiday season, with shoppers mainly using their smartphones to buy ...

US retail sales rose 0.7% in November, above economist expectations of 0.6%. Though bolstered for the most part by Cyber Week sales kicking off the holiday shopping season, auto sales drove this ...

Mario Tama / Staff / Getty Images Holiday retail sales rose 3.8% year-over-year, topping earlier estimates with a boost from online shopping, according to Mastercard. Mastercard's SpendingPulse ...

adding that the discounts that drove sales can eat into margins. According to Adobe, 54.5% of online shopping transactions took place through a smartphone this holiday season, compared with 51.1% ...

Online sales rose at a faster pace of 6.7%, compared with a 6.3% rise last year, with the apparel segment seeing strong demand. Earn rewards on your spending: Best credit cards for shopping ...

Thanks to shifting consumer trends, sales once reserved for ... according to previous USA TODAY reporting. With a rising preference for online shopping, retailers have begun rolling out "Black ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Online retail continued to be the big winner of the holiday season ...

Online holiday shopping soared to a fresh record high in 2024, driven by an array of e-commerce discounts and adoption of ...

The new data was not adjusted for inflation. Clothing sales climbed 3.6 percent this holiday shopping season. The bulk of this growth was from online shopping. Online sales increased 6.7 percent ...

Online sales were up 6.7% over a year ago between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, while in-store sales were up 2.9%, Mastercard SpendingPulse's preliminary data suggests. “The holiday shopping season ...