https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/matthew-shay/ Ecommerce Industry News Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:29:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/matthew-shay/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/11/03/online-holiday-sales-to-grow-7-as-consumers-look-for-deals/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:27:20 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230054 Online holiday spending will rise 7% this holiday season according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which released its numbers on November 2, 2023. The NRF expects holiday total spending (online and offline) to grow between 3% – 4% during Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/11/30/nrf-sees-resurgence-of-in-store-shopping-over-holiday-weekend/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/11/30/nrf-sees-resurgence-of-in-store-shopping-over-holiday-weekend/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:58:07 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228485 This year saw a greater number of people shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend (a record 196.7 million), which also saw the resurgence of in-store shopping, according to National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay. The head of the trade organization Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/11/30/nrf-sees-resurgence-of-in-store-shopping-over-holiday-weekend/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/11/04/consumers-turn-to-savings-and-credit-to-fund-holiday-shopping/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:06:53 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228355 The National Retail Federation (NRF) issued an optimistic holiday-spending forecast on Thursday, calling consumers resilient amid inflation and higher prices. Many households will turn to savings and credit to provide a cushion in the face of those challenges, according to Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/10/27/holiday-sales-will-smash-records-says-retail-trade-group/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:16:47 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226537 Holiday sales in November and December will grow between 8.5 and 10.5 percent over last year, according to research from the National Retail Federation (NRF). That’s compared to a previous high of 8.2% in 2020, itself a record, and compared Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/09/trade-group-predicts-double-digit-growth-in-retail-sales/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/09/trade-group-predicts-double-digit-growth-in-retail-sales/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:15:38 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=18332 The National Retail Federation (NRF) revised its forecast to predict even stronger 2021 retail sales growth. The NRF anticipates retail sales to grow between 10.5 percent and 13.5 percent to between $4.44 trillion and $4.56 trillion this year as the Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/06/09/trade-group-predicts-double-digit-growth-in-retail-sales/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/09/29/shop-early-shop-safe-nrf-launches-holiday-ad-campaign/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:15:02 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16713 Despite concerns related to the coronavirus, 43% of holiday shoppers surveyed this year say they are waiting until November to start buying for the season, and a majority (59%) plan to shift more of their shopping online compared with last Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:54:07 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=11379 Break out the candy corn, Halloween spending is expected to reach $9 billion online and offline, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). And when it comes to buying costumes and other Halloween supplies, 24 percent will buy online. NRF’s Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/feed/ 1