Consumer Holiday Spending Showed Growth Consistent with Last Year, According to First Data SpendTrend® Report
eCommerce Represents a Fifth of All Sales Volume for Holidays, Up
from 18% in 2014
Analysis of More than 1.3 Million Merchant Locations
Reveals Growth of 3.3% for Full Holiday Season
Drop in Average Ticket Sizes Offsets Rise in Total Number of
Transactions
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2016--
While many consumers still found themselves waiting in long lines this
holiday season, a new report released today by First
Data (NYSE: FDC) found that many tackled their gift lists from home
this year. First Data’s Holiday 2015 SpendTrend Report revealed that
more than a fifth (20.2%) of all ho...