Last-minute Christmas shoppers were likely to have been frustrated by patchy stock levels or empty shelves for some gifts, contributing to forecasts that spending will fall short of 2020s bumper level.has still meant iPads, toys and hardware items have been hard to find, says veteran retail analyst Ben Gilbert.
Mr Datt expected families to stay away from furniture, electronics and other long-lasting home items. He thinks they are instead spending on travel and food, with the reopening. Till, a payments platform provider, tracked card usage in December. It found 30 per cent of shoppers’ card usage was online while 70 per cent was in stores. That’s higher than the 60 per cent of all payments through its platform that were processed in stores last year.
which planet are you from? the warning red flag is everywhere. I ordered mine in Nov, delivered by early Dec...