Analyst Corner 16 minutesRegister for Free AccessWeinswig’s Weekly December 29, 2017 Coresight Research December 29, 2017 Executive Summary This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses post-Christmas retail activity, including gift returns, new shopping holidays and gift card redemptions. Americans supplied a final flurry of spending to give retailers their best holiday season sales since 2011. US year-end holiday retail sales rose by 4.9% compared with the same period last year. Online retail sales similarly increased, rising by 18.1%. The number of Boxing Day bargain-hunting shoppers on UK high streets and at shopping centers fell at a rate “greater than expected” this year. Footfall fell by 4.5% during the day through 5 p.m., marking the fifth drop on Boxing Day over the last six years. French retailer Carrefour unveiled a new hypermarket in Warsaw earlier in December that features a range of new digital retail solutions. Shoppers can order any products unavailable in-store through one of the 19 interactive screens at the hypermarket. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? Register for a free user account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Essentials Resilient While Select Discretionary Categories Experience Downturn: China Consumer Survey InsightsData Dive: From Cotton to Wheat—What’s Happening with Retail Commodity Prices?US CPG Sales Tracker: Food Drives Online CPG Growth to Mid-Teens PercentageWeekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2023, Week 3: US Closures Down 24%