Sarah Quinlan, SVP Market Insights at MasterCard Advisors, gave MPD CEO Karen Webster a brand new scoop on Black Friday predictions, consumer expectations and what today really means for merchants.
As shopping malls increasingly take on the appearance of haunted houses — abandoned and covered in cobwebs — it’s spooky, then, that one of the best opportunities for physical retailers to flourish comes at Halloween, when they can open their creaky doors to trick-or-treaters.
January 20, 2016
According to data released Tuesday (Jan. 19) from Adobe Digital Index (ADI), the 2015 holiday season saw consumers spending nearly $83 billion online, a 12.7 percent increase over what was spent during the same time in 2014. “We originally predicted 11 percent growth year over year. What we found is that, throughout most of the […]
