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Holiday Watch view detail comment email this

This site features information and statistics about trends in holiday shopping back to 1999. Topics include "hot" gifts, busiest shopping days, data on tracking holiday sales figures, and winter holiday season sales as a percentage of total sales for general merchandise, apparel, furniture, and furnishings. The "Fun Facts" section provides information about Santa Claus at the mall and mall holiday decorations. From the International Council of Shopping Centers.
http://holiday.icsc.org
Topics: Business, Christmas, Holidays & Observances

Last updated Nov 30, 2004


National Retail Federation: Annual Holiday Sales Information view detail comment email this

Information about retail shopping activity in the U.S. during the winter holiday season. Information before and after the holidays variously includes spending projections, shopping on the Friday and Monday after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday"), online shopping, and consumer surveys. Also includes a report with "recent and historical data on holiday trends, including sales data, holiday hiring, and shoplifting." From a trade association whose membership "comprises all retail formats."
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&id=615
Topics: Christmas, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually

Last updated Nov 10, 2008





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