As the 2025 holiday season approaches, consumer optimism is tempered by financial caution. Katapult’s new report, Holiday Spending in 2025: Trends, Tensions & Takeaways, surveyed nearly 3,000 U.S. consumers to understand how shoppers plan to spend this year. Cautious Consumers, Strategic Spending As the 2025 holiday season approaches, 73% of
As home furnishings retailers and manufacturers plan for the year ahead, there’s cautious optimism on the horizon. According to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) latest 2025 Retail Outlook forecast, retail sales in 2025 are expected to grow between 2.7% and 3.7% over 2024, totaling between $5.42 trillion and $5.48 trillion.
Today, customers are not just comparing prices, they are comparing experiences. Especially in furniture and mattress retail, where purchases are
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