Retail ends 2025 with sales gains and plenty of doubt
Americans are shopping—but not with confidence, The Washington Post writes. As the 2025 holiday season closes, economists say consumer behavior looks less like a clear snapshot and more like a mosaic of contradictions: Sentiment is sinking, yet spending keeps climbing, even if inflation-adjusted gains are muted. Nearly 203 million people shopped online and in stores […] As the 2025 holiday season ends, economists have noted that despite a decrease in confidence in consumer sentiment, spending continues to rise. Nearly 203 million people across the country shopped from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, largely due to high cost of living. Wealthier households accounted for nearly half of all spending, while lower-income consumers increasingly rely on buy-now-pay-later services, credit cards and secondhand shopping. Uncertainty over tariffs, high costs for groceries, rent, and the use of AI tools are also contributing factors to this uncertainty.
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Americans are shopping—but not with confidence, The Washington Post writes.
As the 2025 holiday season closes, economists say consumer behavior looks less like a clear snapshot and more like a mosaic... [1095 symbols]
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