Love Hate Data Spending Habits Infographic

Are you an Ebenezer Scrooge or a Christmas Elf? Presents: How do people pay for their Christmas shopping? Spending habits Purchase vs. Handmade The most organised, as they completed their Christmas shopping in the weeks before, or even in November. Preferred to buy things throughout the year or tended to do a couple of trips in the run up to Christmas Generous bunch - Majority of participants spent £25-50+ on their present Fairly average across the board - although they were very rushed in their Christmas shopping (possibly because they know how retailers work slashing prices) as they left most of their shopping until Christmas Eve 20% of people said that it all goes on a credit card or in an overdraft 40% of people love to make presents but just don't have the time Only 20% of people were true Scrooges and spent £5-10 IT Quite generous as they spent average or above average spend on gifts 20% 40% of people don't have time to buy things let alone make them! of people try to plan their end of year budget to allow for the extra spending Quite practical and tried to do a mix of bought and made gifts Average spenders, spending an average amount on presents at £25 40% Very careful in their spending and planned a budget for the Christmas period Favoured plastic and used a balance of debit and credit cards to pay for their shopping bills of people try to do a mix of bought and made gifts 40% of people use a balance of debit and credit card payments Sentimental and wanted to receive either Came out as the most creative and a mix of handmade and bought gifts or a handmade present liked to give a mixture of bought and handmade gifts Sales people came out as Scrooges and all came from UK Equally wanted to receive a mix of bought and handmade gifts Participants 100% of IT folk were Christmas Elves and came from Egypt and Switzerland 20% of participants were Data Haters Sales Marketing 80% of participants were Data Lovers 40% 60% of participants used a debit or credit card to pay for gifts Preferred plastic to budgeting, with 100% of Sales people paying for gifts with a debit, credit card or in an overdraft 20% USA UK 20% Switzerland Favourite type of present to receive at Christmas 20% The most greedy as they wanted to receive expensive gifts Egypt 40% of people wanted to receive a combination of handmade and bought gifts Weren't very practical and were time constrained as they didn't have time to make presents and equally finished their Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve or in the Sales Marketing folk 60% 40% came out as Scrooges and were all from USA of participants completed their shopping in the weeks before Scrooge Spending habits of people in sales varied with the amount spent per gift ranging from £5-50 40% of people wanted to receive a present that was expensive Christmas and some even in November! 20% of people wanted to receive a present that had taken time and effort to make 60% 40% of participants planned their budget in advance of Christmas to allow for the extra spending of participants tended to do a 40% 80% of people said they either did a mix of bought and handmade gifts or wanted to make handmade gifts, but cited time as the determining factor couple of trips to the shops in the run up to Christmas Christmas Elves 20% www.lovehatedata.com of participants paid for gifts using a credit card or in an overdraft