Today in Data, retailers are looking to define and employ sustainability principles in their futures. Plus, shoppers are leaning more often toward using their debit cards for holiday shopping — and other purchases — and Abercrombie and Lululemon both say their holiday sales were sluggish, contradicting some of the optimism about economic recovery.
Data
740: Number of Abercrombie stores
11%: Projected growth in online retail sales during 2021 holiday shopping season
2,250: Number of companies using the Science Based Targets initiative on sustainability
44%: Share of Gen Z shoppers who prefer to use their debit cards
55%: Share of holiday shoppers who planned to use their debit cards