A strong Black Friday 2018 signals the continued popularity of online shopping. It also points to a brick-and-mortar retail industry that remains strong in some ways, but is still lagging behind in others. Both online and in-store retail sales totaled $23 billion this year, which is up 9% from 2017. And according to Mastercard, total …
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What Caused 2017’s Holiday Shipping Delays?
By most measures, the 2017 holiday shopping season was a big success. After a difficult year for retail, sales jumped 5% between November 1 and December 24 compared to last year. This was the biggest percentage since 2011. And to the surprise of many, only about 11% of those purchases were from online sales. The …