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How Thanksgiving and Black Friday Affect Stocks<blockquote>感恩节和黑色星期五如何影响股市</blockquote>
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It is one of the most important ","content":"<p>Black Friday is the name given to the first day after Thanksgiving. It is one of the most important retail and spending events in the United States. Every holiday season, prognosticators make predictions about the level of sales on Black Friday, and investor confidence may be affected by whether or not those expectations are met or exceeded.</p><p><blockquote>黑色星期五是感恩节后第一天的名字。这是美国最重要的零售和消费活动之一。每个假日季节，预测者都会对黑色星期五的销售水平做出预测，而投资者的信心可能会受到这些预期是否达到或超过的影响。</blockquote></p><p> If consumers follow up Thanksgiving by spending a lot of money on Black Friday and retailers show strong numbers, then investors might have their first indication that it is shaping up to be a particularly profitable shopping season. This confidence can be reflected in the stock prices of the retailers that post strong sales. Conversely, many take it as a sign of trouble if retailers are unable to meet expectations on Black Friday. Concern over the economy is magnified if consumers are perceived to be reining in their spending.</p><p><blockquote>如果消费者在感恩节之后在黑色星期五花了很多钱，并且零售商显示强劲的数字，那么投资者可能会有第一个迹象表明，这将是一个特别有利可图的购物季节。这种信心可以反映在销售强劲的零售商的股价上。相反，如果零售商无法在黑色星期五达到预期，许多人认为这是麻烦的迹象。如果消费者被认为在控制支出，对经济的担忧就会放大。</blockquote></p><p> <b>KEY TAKEAWAYS</b></p><p><blockquote><b>主要要点</b></blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li>Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers traditionally would be “in the black” for the year; now it signals the biggest day of the important holiday shopping weekend.</li> <li>Cyber Monday is the Monday after the holiday weekend; sales during the five-day period of Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday are seen as reflective of consumer sentiment.</li> <li>Strong sales during this period can benefit retail sector stocks, particularly the stocks of companies that report strong sales.</li> <li>However, the overall stock market and broader investor sentiment are not always impacted by the results of Black Friday, with market participants focused on a variety of economic and political developments.</li> </ul> <b>Millions Shop on Thanksgiving Weekend</b></p><p><blockquote><ul><li>黑色星期五是感恩节后的一天的名称，零售商传统上会在这一天“陷入黑暗”；现在，它标志着重要的假日购物周末最重要的一天。</li><li>网络星期一是假期周末后的星期一；感恩节至网络星期一五天期间的销售被视为消费者情绪的反映。</li><li>这一时期的强劲销售可能有利于零售板块的股票，尤其是销售强劲的公司股票。</li><li>然而，整体股市和更广泛的投资者情绪并不总是受到黑色星期五结果的影响，市场参与者关注各种经济和政治发展。</li></ul><b>数百万人在感恩节周末购物</b></blockquote></p><p> In 2020, an estimated 186.4 people shopped in stores or online during the period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), spending an average of $311.75 over the five-day period, down 13.9% from $361.90 in 2019. More than 100 million people shopped online for the first time, and the number of online-only shoppers increased by 44% to 95.7 million.</p><p><blockquote>根据全国零售联合会（NRF）的数据，2020年，从感恩节到网络星期一期间，估计有186.4人在商店或网上购物，五天内平均花费311.75美元，比2019年的361.90美元下降了13.9%。超过1亿人首次在线购物，仅在线购物的人数增长了44%，达到9570万。</blockquote></p><p> <b>FAST FACT</b></p><p><blockquote><b>快速事实</b></blockquote></p><p> Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend, in which consumers go back to work and shop online, is also a notable day for the retail industry; it marks the end of the five-day Thanksgiving weekend shopping period.</p><p><blockquote>网络星期一，即感恩节周末后的星期一，消费者重返工作岗位并在网上购物，也是零售业值得注意的一天；这标志着为期五天的感恩节周末购物期的结束。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Black Friday Weekend and Stocks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>黑色星期五周末和股票</b></blockquote></p><p> Thanksgiving is an important day for a lot of businesses, particularly those in the food industry. However, U.S. stock markets are closed on Thanksgiving and open for only half the day on Black Friday. Global markets are open, but stock market trading is unlikely to be affected by Thanksgiving alone because of the importance of the day after.</p><p><blockquote>感恩节对许多企业来说是一个重要的日子，尤其是食品行业的企业。然而，美国股市在感恩节休市，黑色星期五只开放半天。全球市场是开放的，但由于第二天的重要性，股市交易不太可能仅受到感恩节的影响。</blockquote></p><p> Black Friday is important because this is the shopping day when many retailers have traditionally made enough sales to put them in the black for the year. Since many retailers consider Black Friday to be crucial to their business’s annual performance, investors look at Black Friday sales numbers as a way to gauge the overall state of the entire retail industry. Economists, based on the Keynesian assumption that spending drives economic activity, view lower Black Friday numbers as an indication of slowed growth.</p><p><blockquote>黑色星期五很重要，因为这是购物日，许多零售商传统上在这一天的销售额足以让他们全年陷入亏损。由于许多零售商认为黑色星期五对其业务的年度业绩至关重要，因此投资者将黑色星期五的销售数字视为衡量整个零售业整体状况的一种方式。经济学家基于支出推动经济活动的凯恩斯主义假设，将黑色星期五数字下降视为增长放缓的迹象。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Important</b>:A particularly strong or weak Black Friday-through-Cyber Monday shopping period tends to have a big impact on retail stocks, but it may not be significant enough to sway broader stock market sentiment.</p><p><blockquote><b>重要的</b>：从黑色星期五到网络星期一的特别强劲或疲软的购物期往往会对零售股产生重大影响，但可能不足以影响更广泛的股市情绪。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Black Friday and Stocks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>黑色星期五和股票</b></blockquote></p><p> Many analysts and investors scoff at the notion that Black Friday has any real predictability for either the fourth quarter or markets as a whole. Instead, they suggest that it only causes very short-term gains or losses.</p><p><blockquote>许多分析师和投资者对黑色星期五对第四季度或整个市场有任何真正可预测性的观点嗤之以鼻。相反，他们认为它只会导致非常短期的收益或损失。</blockquote></p><p> Of note, the best U.S. sector from one week before to one week after Black Friday is retail. From 2007 to 2017, a grouping of S&P 500 retail stocks posted a 5% return, compared to the average 3% return for the S&P 500 over that period. For all 10 years, this basket of retail stocks has traded positively for the 10-day period.This trend continued with the S&P 500 Retailing Industry Group outperforming the S&P 500 by 1.5% and 0.1% during that period in 2018 and 2019, respectively.This pattern didn’t continue in 2020, when the S&P 500 returned 4.1% but the retailing industry group only returned 2.2%.</p><p><blockquote>值得注意的是，从黑色星期五前一周到之后一周，美国最好的行业是零售业。从2007年到2017年，一组标普500零售股票的回报率为5%，而同期标普500的平均回报率为3%。10 年来，这一篮子零售股票在 10 天内一直处于积极交易状态。这一趋势持续，标普500零售业集团于二零一八年及二零一九年同期的表现分别优于标普500 1.5%及0.1%。2020 年，标普500的回报率为 4.1%，但零售业集团的回报率仅为 2.2%。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Holiday Sales 2020</b></p><p><blockquote><b>2020年假日促销</b></blockquote></p><p> The NRF announced on Jan. 15, 2021, that retail sales over the 2020 holiday season grew 8.3% year over year (YOY), to $789.4 billion, exceeding NRF expectations. “Online and other non-store sales” rose 23.9% to $209 billion. This was more than double the five-year average YOY growth of 3.5%.</p><p><blockquote>NRF于2021年1月15日宣布，2020年假日季的零售额同比增长8.3%，达到7894亿美元，超出了NRF的预期。“在线和其他非实体店销售额 ”增长了 23.9%，达到 2090 亿美元。这比五年平均同比增长率 3.5% 高出一倍多。</blockquote></p><p></p>","source":"lsy1606203311635","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>How Thanksgiving and Black Friday Affect Stocks<blockquote>感恩节和黑色星期五如何影响股市</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nHow Thanksgiving and Black Friday Affect Stocks<blockquote>感恩节和黑色星期五如何影响股市</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">Investopedia</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-11-24 14:51</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Black Friday is the name given to the first day after Thanksgiving. It is one of the most important retail and spending events in the United States. Every holiday season, prognosticators make predictions about the level of sales on Black Friday, and investor confidence may be affected by whether or not those expectations are met or exceeded.</p><p><blockquote>黑色星期五是感恩节后第一天的名字。这是美国最重要的零售和消费活动之一。每个假日季节，预测者都会对黑色星期五的销售水平做出预测，而投资者的信心可能会受到这些预期是否达到或超过的影响。</blockquote></p><p> If consumers follow up Thanksgiving by spending a lot of money on Black Friday and retailers show strong numbers, then investors might have their first indication that it is shaping up to be a particularly profitable shopping season. This confidence can be reflected in the stock prices of the retailers that post strong sales. Conversely, many take it as a sign of trouble if retailers are unable to meet expectations on Black Friday. Concern over the economy is magnified if consumers are perceived to be reining in their spending.</p><p><blockquote>如果消费者在感恩节之后在黑色星期五花了很多钱，并且零售商显示强劲的数字，那么投资者可能会有第一个迹象表明，这将是一个特别有利可图的购物季节。这种信心可以反映在销售强劲的零售商的股价上。相反，如果零售商无法在黑色星期五达到预期，许多人认为这是麻烦的迹象。如果消费者被认为在控制支出，对经济的担忧就会放大。</blockquote></p><p> <b>KEY TAKEAWAYS</b></p><p><blockquote><b>主要要点</b></blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li>Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers traditionally would be “in the black” for the year; now it signals the biggest day of the important holiday shopping weekend.</li> <li>Cyber Monday is the Monday after the holiday weekend; sales during the five-day period of Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday are seen as reflective of consumer sentiment.</li> <li>Strong sales during this period can benefit retail sector stocks, particularly the stocks of companies that report strong sales.</li> <li>However, the overall stock market and broader investor sentiment are not always impacted by the results of Black Friday, with market participants focused on a variety of economic and political developments.</li> </ul> <b>Millions Shop on Thanksgiving Weekend</b></p><p><blockquote><ul><li>黑色星期五是感恩节后的一天的名称，零售商传统上会在这一天“陷入黑暗”；现在，它标志着重要的假日购物周末最重要的一天。</li><li>网络星期一是假期周末后的星期一；感恩节至网络星期一五天期间的销售被视为消费者情绪的反映。</li><li>这一时期的强劲销售可能有利于零售板块的股票，尤其是销售强劲的公司股票。</li><li>然而，整体股市和更广泛的投资者情绪并不总是受到黑色星期五结果的影响，市场参与者关注各种经济和政治发展。</li></ul><b>数百万人在感恩节周末购物</b></blockquote></p><p> In 2020, an estimated 186.4 people shopped in stores or online during the period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), spending an average of $311.75 over the five-day period, down 13.9% from $361.90 in 2019. More than 100 million people shopped online for the first time, and the number of online-only shoppers increased by 44% to 95.7 million.</p><p><blockquote>根据全国零售联合会（NRF）的数据，2020年，从感恩节到网络星期一期间，估计有186.4人在商店或网上购物，五天内平均花费311.75美元，比2019年的361.90美元下降了13.9%。超过1亿人首次在线购物，仅在线购物的人数增长了44%，达到9570万。</blockquote></p><p> <b>FAST FACT</b></p><p><blockquote><b>快速事实</b></blockquote></p><p> Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend, in which consumers go back to work and shop online, is also a notable day for the retail industry; it marks the end of the five-day Thanksgiving weekend shopping period.</p><p><blockquote>网络星期一，即感恩节周末后的星期一，消费者重返工作岗位并在网上购物，也是零售业值得注意的一天；这标志着为期五天的感恩节周末购物期的结束。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Black Friday Weekend and Stocks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>黑色星期五周末和股票</b></blockquote></p><p> Thanksgiving is an important day for a lot of businesses, particularly those in the food industry. However, U.S. stock markets are closed on Thanksgiving and open for only half the day on Black Friday. Global markets are open, but stock market trading is unlikely to be affected by Thanksgiving alone because of the importance of the day after.</p><p><blockquote>感恩节对许多企业来说是一个重要的日子，尤其是食品行业的企业。然而，美国股市在感恩节休市，黑色星期五只开放半天。全球市场是开放的，但由于第二天的重要性，股市交易不太可能仅受到感恩节的影响。</blockquote></p><p> Black Friday is important because this is the shopping day when many retailers have traditionally made enough sales to put them in the black for the year. Since many retailers consider Black Friday to be crucial to their business’s annual performance, investors look at Black Friday sales numbers as a way to gauge the overall state of the entire retail industry. Economists, based on the Keynesian assumption that spending drives economic activity, view lower Black Friday numbers as an indication of slowed growth.</p><p><blockquote>黑色星期五很重要，因为这是购物日，许多零售商传统上在这一天的销售额足以让他们全年陷入亏损。由于许多零售商认为黑色星期五对其业务的年度业绩至关重要，因此投资者将黑色星期五的销售数字视为衡量整个零售业整体状况的一种方式。经济学家基于支出推动经济活动的凯恩斯主义假设，将黑色星期五数字下降视为增长放缓的迹象。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Important</b>:A particularly strong or weak Black Friday-through-Cyber Monday shopping period tends to have a big impact on retail stocks, but it may not be significant enough to sway broader stock market sentiment.</p><p><blockquote><b>重要的</b>：从黑色星期五到网络星期一的特别强劲或疲软的购物期往往会对零售股产生重大影响，但可能不足以影响更广泛的股市情绪。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Black Friday and Stocks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>黑色星期五和股票</b></blockquote></p><p> Many analysts and investors scoff at the notion that Black Friday has any real predictability for either the fourth quarter or markets as a whole. Instead, they suggest that it only causes very short-term gains or losses.</p><p><blockquote>许多分析师和投资者对黑色星期五对第四季度或整个市场有任何真正可预测性的观点嗤之以鼻。相反，他们认为它只会导致非常短期的收益或损失。</blockquote></p><p> Of note, the best U.S. sector from one week before to one week after Black Friday is retail. From 2007 to 2017, a grouping of S&P 500 retail stocks posted a 5% return, compared to the average 3% return for the S&P 500 over that period. For all 10 years, this basket of retail stocks has traded positively for the 10-day period.This trend continued with the S&P 500 Retailing Industry Group outperforming the S&P 500 by 1.5% and 0.1% during that period in 2018 and 2019, respectively.This pattern didn’t continue in 2020, when the S&P 500 returned 4.1% but the retailing industry group only returned 2.2%.</p><p><blockquote>值得注意的是，从黑色星期五前一周到之后一周，美国最好的行业是零售业。从2007年到2017年，一组标普500零售股票的回报率为5%，而同期标普500的平均回报率为3%。10 年来，这一篮子零售股票在 10 天内一直处于积极交易状态。这一趋势持续，标普500零售业集团于二零一八年及二零一九年同期的表现分别优于标普500 1.5%及0.1%。2020 年，标普500的回报率为 4.1%，但零售业集团的回报率仅为 2.2%。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Holiday Sales 2020</b></p><p><blockquote><b>2020年假日促销</b></blockquote></p><p> The NRF announced on Jan. 15, 2021, that retail sales over the 2020 holiday season grew 8.3% year over year (YOY), to $789.4 billion, exceeding NRF expectations. “Online and other non-store sales” rose 23.9% to $209 billion. This was more than double the five-year average YOY growth of 3.5%.</p><p><blockquote>NRF于2021年1月15日宣布，2020年假日季的零售额同比增长8.3%，达到7894亿美元，超出了NRF的预期。“在线和其他非实体店销售额 ”增长了 23.9%，达到 2090 亿美元。这比五年平均同比增长率 3.5% 高出一倍多。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/102714/how-stock-market-affected-thanksgiving-and-black-friday.asp\">Investopedia</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".DJI":"道琼斯",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index"},"source_url":"https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/102714/how-stock-market-affected-thanksgiving-and-black-friday.asp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1190583301","content_text":"Black Friday is the name given to the first day after Thanksgiving. It is one of the most important retail and spending events in the United States. Every holiday season, prognosticators make predictions about the level of sales on Black Friday, and investor confidence may be affected by whether or not those expectations are met or exceeded.\nIf consumers follow up Thanksgiving by spending a lot of money on Black Friday and retailers show strong numbers, then investors might have their first indication that it is shaping up to be a particularly profitable shopping season. This confidence can be reflected in the stock prices of the retailers that post strong sales. Conversely, many take it as a sign of trouble if retailers are unable to meet expectations on Black Friday. Concern over the economy is magnified if consumers are perceived to be reining in their spending.\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\n\nBlack Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers traditionally would be “in the black” for the year; now it signals the biggest day of the important holiday shopping weekend.\nCyber Monday is the Monday after the holiday weekend; sales during the five-day period of Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday are seen as reflective of consumer sentiment.\nStrong sales during this period can benefit retail sector stocks, particularly the stocks of companies that report strong sales.\nHowever, the overall stock market and broader investor sentiment are not always impacted by the results of Black Friday, with market participants focused on a variety of economic and political developments.\n\nMillions Shop on Thanksgiving Weekend\nIn 2020, an estimated 186.4 people shopped in stores or online during the period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), spending an average of $311.75 over the five-day period, down 13.9% from $361.90 in 2019. More than 100 million people shopped online for the first time, and the number of online-only shoppers increased by 44% to 95.7 million.\nFAST FACT\nCyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend, in which consumers go back to work and shop online, is also a notable day for the retail industry; it marks the end of the five-day Thanksgiving weekend shopping period.\nBlack Friday Weekend and Stocks\nThanksgiving is an important day for a lot of businesses, particularly those in the food industry. However, U.S. stock markets are closed on Thanksgiving and open for only half the day on Black Friday. Global markets are open, but stock market trading is unlikely to be affected by Thanksgiving alone because of the importance of the day after.\nBlack Friday is important because this is the shopping day when many retailers have traditionally made enough sales to put them in the black for the year. Since many retailers consider Black Friday to be crucial to their business’s annual performance, investors look at Black Friday sales numbers as a way to gauge the overall state of the entire retail industry. Economists, based on the Keynesian assumption that spending drives economic activity, view lower Black Friday numbers as an indication of slowed growth.\nImportant:A particularly strong or weak Black Friday-through-Cyber Monday shopping period tends to have a big impact on retail stocks, but it may not be significant enough to sway broader stock market sentiment.\nBlack Friday and Stocks\nMany analysts and investors scoff at the notion that Black Friday has any real predictability for either the fourth quarter or markets as a whole. Instead, they suggest that it only causes very short-term gains or losses.\nOf note, the best U.S. sector from one week before to one week after Black Friday is retail. From 2007 to 2017, a grouping of S&P 500 retail stocks posted a 5% return, compared to the average 3% return for the S&P 500 over that period. For all 10 years, this basket of retail stocks has traded positively for the 10-day period.This trend continued with the S&P 500 Retailing Industry Group outperforming the S&P 500 by 1.5% and 0.1% during that period in 2018 and 2019, respectively.This pattern didn’t continue in 2020, when the S&P 500 returned 4.1% but the retailing industry group only returned 2.2%.\nHoliday Sales 2020\nThe NRF announced on Jan. 15, 2021, that retail sales over the 2020 holiday season grew 8.3% year over year (YOY), to $789.4 billion, exceeding NRF expectations. “Online and other non-store sales” rose 23.9% to $209 billion. 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