Holiday Bites: US Consumers’ Holiday Spending Expectations—Survey Update Coresight Research December 24, 2020 Reasons to ReadOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. Click here to see more Holiday Bites as well as our in-depth research reports on US holiday retail. Click the image to read more about the topic. A substantial proportion of US consumers expect their total, final holiday spending to be lower than last year. However, some 48% expect their total holiday spending to be less than last year, down five percentage points from 53% last month, due to fewer consumers planning to spend a lot less. Encouragingly, some 15% expect to spend more for the holiday season than last year, up seven percentage points from last month—the highest level we have seen in our weekly surveys since we started asking this question in July. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 10: US Store Openings Exceed 2,000Consumer Sentiment Declines; Plus, Apparel and Footwear Shopping in Focus: US Consumer Survey InsightsAnalyst Corner: US Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs and Discount Stores—Target in Transition as Dollar Stores and Clubs Surge Ahead, With Sujeet NaikFinancial Confidence Stabilizes: Weekly US Consumer Sentiment, Week 42, 2025—Data Graphic
