Episode 22: Leveraging Your Buying Power at Christmas

The holidays are fast approaching.  And according to recent reports, the UK retail market is expected to reach nearly £84 billion pounds this holiday season.  And in the US, the expected retail holiday market  - measured from mid- November until the end of December is estimated to reach a staggering $960 billion (for 6 weeks of spending!).😱 That's crazy big!  And a whopping (and growing) proportion of that spend will happen online.  In fact, it’s estimated that 75% of shoppers will buy their gifts through online shops and marketplaces.   

So in this episode, I’m giving you four tactics to better leverage your online buying power to save money!  🌟🌟🌟🌟

Other Resources:

➡️  Swanson, Steve.  “Consumers expected to spend record amount on holiday shopping this season”. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/holiday-shopping-forecast-national-retail-federation/  November 2023.

 ➡️  Online and retail sales during Christmas season in the United Kingdom. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063630/online-and-store-sales-during-christmas-in-the-uk/ (covering the six-week period between mid-November and end of December)

➡️  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/22/christmas-shoppers-to-buy-fewer-and-cheaper-items-this-year-as-cost-of-living-crisis-persists  

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