Holiday Spending - Christmas Economy

THE * CHRISTMAS ECONOMY ALL THE FACTS ON HOLIDAY SPENDING "TIS THE SEASON FOR LOTS OF SPENDING FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAA! The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are among the busiest for shoppers and retailers nationwide. Learn about traditional spending behaviors, top gift ideas for the 1%, and holiday stock picks from the pros. $770 $786 2.4% $602.1 BILLION The amount the The amount the The amount holiday The expected average American average American is retail sales are holidays sales spent expected to spend expected to rise in IN 2012 IN 2013 FROM 2012 IN 2013 25% Percentage of retailers who say ENERGY & FUEL COSTS $51 will have the most impact on holiday sales The amount the average American spends ON DECORATIONS (not including tree) THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS This year, buying all the goodies in the holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas' would cost $23,439 Average cost of a FAKE Christmas tree is $72.50 FAKE TREES ARE A $790 MILLION INDUSTRY with 10.9 MILLION Average cost of a REAL Christmas tree is FAKE TREES PURCHASED $40.30 ANNUALLY 29% 20-40% of holiday shoppers say they plan to cut of total annual sales for some back on holiday spending due to stalled retailers is reliant upon the budget negotiations in Washington holiday season 105 DAYS number of days BEFORE CHRISTMAS that the first holiday ad was aired on TV in 2013 (by Kmart) OUTRAGEOUS GIFTS THE 1% ARE GIVING THIS YEAR A $30,000 Donating to an Customized commissioned elephant refuge services (ex. Life biography in Thailand coaching) TOP HOLIDAY STOCK PICKS 2013 According to Zack's Equity Research on Yahoo Finance.. The Top Holiday Stock Picks of 2013: deckers COUTDOOR CORPORATION carter's Lbrands SOURCES: http://www.gallup.com/poll/165479/americans-holiday-spend- http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/111 166/3-Re- ing-not-shut-down-shutdownaspx tail-Stock-Picks-This-Holiday-Season http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/12/10/most-expen- sive-gift-12-american-retaillers/ http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Pages&sp_id=1140 http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/07/skip-christmas-save-person- al-finance-skip-gifts.html http://www.realchristmastrees.org/dnn/NewsMedia/IndustryStat- istics/ConsumerSurvey.aspx http://www.businessinsider.com/shoppers-are-trimming-holi- day-spending-2013-10 http://online.wsj.com/news/arti- http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB119699206401316591?- cles/SB 10001424127887323342404579079650513555292 mod=blog http://www.shoppertrak.com/news-resources/press-releas- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-retail-stock-picks-holi- es/2013-10/last-four-days-before-christmas-will-be-among-10-bu day-140802264.html siest-shoppertrak-predicts http://www.ibtimes.com/us-retailers-expect-biggest-hol- day-sales-gain-2007-new-tablets-flood-market-859738 ONLINE TRADING • ACADEMY •