by Mike Duff | Dec 15, 2025 | Retail Articles
A record-breaking 158.9 million consumers plan to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas 2025, according to an annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights and Analytics. The figure surpasses 157.2 million consumers who were...
by Mike Duff | Nov 24, 2025 | Retail Articles
A survey from the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics projects a record 186.9 million consumers are planning to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. The total is up by more than 3 million shoppers from the then-record 183.4...
by Mike Duff | Oct 20, 2025 | Retail Articles
At a time when retail returns are becoming a bigger dilemma for store operators, a National Retail Federation report suggests returns will come in at 15.8% of sales for 2025, totaling $849.9 billion. A poll by NRF and Happy Returns, a UPS company, indicated retailers...
by Mike Duff | Sep 19, 2025 | Retail Articles
A National Retail Federation survey found Halloween spending is likely to reach a record $13.1 billion this year, compared to $11.6 billion in 2024 and the previous record of $12.2 billion in 2023. In the survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics,...
by Mike Duff | Jul 15, 2025 | Retail Articles
As of early July, 67% of back-to-school shoppers had begun purchasing items for the upcoming school year, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. That’s up from 55% last year and the highest...
