Small Businesses Brace for Cautious Holiday Shoppers

. AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, forecasts that holiday sales will rise between 4% to 7%, far below last year’s growth of 16%. With inflation running above 8%, retailers would see a decrease in real sales.

A study for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals by global consulting firm Kearney found U.S. business logistics costs surged 22.4% in 2021 to $1.85 trillion. Mat Pond operates The Epicurean Trader in San Francisco, including four brick-and-mortar stores, an online shop and a corporate gift basket business. In past years, he started building inventory in November, but this year he’s already stocking up on items such as gourmet food, chocolate, wine and giftware. He’s seeing corporations order holiday gift baskets earlier as well.

Nash also expects more people to shop in stores during these holidays. She started her business, based in Indianapolis, during the pandemic, when online shopping boomed. The percentage of total retail sales done online jumped from 11.5% in 2019 to 17.7% in 2020, then rose again to 18.8% last year, according the Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments, including those by cash and debit card.

Some business owners are hoping to take advantage of any shift to shopping in holiday markets and in stores.

time for king joe to give away more free money! woot!

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Stimulus had caused Americans to become spendthrifts, thus setting off an inflationary spiral.

I’m broke this year and it’s going to be a slim Xmas on the presents this year. Interest rates are higher and the taxes taken out if my check is ridiculous. Working extra hours more taxes are taken. It stupid. Excuse my complaining.

So small businesses still exist. Was pretty sure ever industry has been conquered by a few of our corporate overlords

Well I will be running a Convent this Christmas hence they will get Nun🧐😁👍

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