holiday shopping

“We’re coming with a momentum of the holiday season into the new year and trends continue to look relatively positive,” Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said.

Online prices increased 3.1% in December compared with the prior year and rose 0.8% month over month, according to Adobe Analytics.

Despite ongoing supply chain problems, inflation and the omicron Covid variant, the holidays in 2021 set records for spending.

Find out the easiest way to return the sweater that doesn’t fit just right.

Personal finance site WalletHub ranked the 100 largest U.S. cities for their New Year’s Eve fun factor. Here’s where to get the most bang for your party buck.

The company is trying to stage a comeback and regain relevance among customers with plus-size mannequins, maternity bras and more.

Despite omicron fears and higher prices, holiday shoppers shelled out big bucks this season on gifts, travel and entertainment.

The company, which tracks all forms of payment, said a surge of Covid-19 cases did not damp demand to spend and celebrate.

Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure.

Plenty of shoppers headed to Bay Area stores on Christmas Eve to finish – or start – getting their gifts. Alyssa Goard reports.

Stores in downtown Walnut Creek were bustling Friday with people finishing up their last-minute holiday shopping.

Whether doing some last-minute shopping or grabbing food to prepare for holiday parties, you may need to run out to the stores this Christmas Eve.

Delta Airlines is working with Gina Sheldon after she said she found the holiday shopping she’d done on a trip to Europe had been replaced with trash, including dog food and a can of men’s shaving cream

It’s a smash hit with stressed-out shoppers, who say they love it to pieces: a basement business where they can take refuge from the mall and unleash their aggression on old furniture, electronics and dishes.

It’s a smash hit with stressed-out shoppers, who say they love it to pieces: a basement business where they can take refuge from the mall and unleash their aggression on old furniture, electronics and dishes.

Retail-store traffic fell 26.3% on Saturday compared with the Saturday before Christmas in 2019, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.

Amid supply chain issues and inflation, the 2021 holiday spending of millionaires isn’t shifting much compared to last year.

Gifting stocks to children can be a great way to teach them about investing and improve financial literacy.

A strong wave of early shopping, warmer weather and new anxiety about the coronavirus variants will influence how consumers shop and what they may buy.

It’s easy to overspend on holiday shopping. Here’s what you can do now to get ahead of your bills.