I scoured holiday survey results from six sources and plucked 12 noteworthy numbers (some that contradict others) that could define this holiday season.
$1 trillion: The total expected holiday sales this year are actually expected to exceed $1 trillion. That represents a 3.6% to 4% increase over 2015. (Deloitte, “2016 Holiday Survey”)
13%: The percentage of last-minute shoppers who plan to buy their gifts at supermarkets or grocery stores. (National Retail Federation, “Holiday 2016: Consumer Survey Highlights”)
$419: The average amount U.S. adults plan to spend on holiday-related items this holiday season. (International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), “The 2016 ICSC Super Saturday study”)
8%: The expected increase in holiday spending among Americans in 2016, compared with 2015. (“American Express Spending & Saving Tracker”)
$244: The average total cash contribution by surveyed consumers who are donating cash to charitable causes this year. (PricewaterhouseCoopers, “2016 Holiday Outlook: It’s the Most Digital Time of the Year”)
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Phil Vischer: Episoode 278: Writing Hymns & Singing Together with Keith Getty
It wasn’t until the ___ century that women in London could go out shopping without their husbands and ride an elevator with a female elevator operator. (22:30 min)
This is the first generation where the new music isn’t being curated by the church, but determined by Wall Street (what is popular) (49 min)
Shopping at Anthropologie with Marie Kondo
One afternoon recently, Marie Kondo, the thirty-year-old Japanese decluttering consultant and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” (two million copies sold worldwide), had a few hours between publicity events to indulge in some shopping. She was in town for theTime 100 Gala—Jamie Lee Curtis had declared her “organizer-in-chief.” Kondo chose the flagship location of Anthropologie, in Rockefeller Center, a brand best known for whimsically bohemian dresses and floral bedspreads.