Reasons to Read

The Coresight Research monthly US Consumer Survey Insights series offers a more detailed or specific take on trends and data from our weekly surveys of US consumers. This month, we continue our quarterly Seasonal Shopping series.

The appendix of this report provides results on consumers’ shopping behaviors from our weekly survey questions aggregated in four-week increments over the past few months.

Discover how US consumers are expected to spend on Valentine’s Day and President’s Day and the holiday season 2026.

Read this report to discover answers to these and other questions:

• What are consumers’ spending expectations for calendar events in the first quarter of 2026 (1Q26): Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day.
• The preview of the end-of-year holiday season with an early outlook on shoppers’ spending plans and preferences.

Data in this research report include: Consumer spending expectations for Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day, consumers’ spending expectations for the 2026 holiday season and monthly retailer and category-level shopping data.

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Amazon, Publix, Target, Walmart

Other relevant research:  

• Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys.