The speakers delve into the spending behavior of consumers during the holiday season, discussing statistics such as living paycheck to paycheck, high credit card debt, and consumer stress about finances. Despite these challenges, consumers still anticipate overspending and accruing more debt for holiday expenses, suggesting that sensibility takes a backseat during this time of year.
Black Friday showed consumers are still ready to buy.
(00:21) Jason Moser and Deidre Woollard discuss:
- Black Friday’s strong results.
- The rise of mobile shopping.
- If anyone can challenge Amazon’s reign as the holiday leader.
(17:03) Ariel Adams, founder of aBlogToWatch, talks with Alex Friedman about the luxury watch market.
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Companies discussed: AMZN, SHOP, WMT, PYPL, AFRM, AAPL, RACE, CFRH.F, LVMH, SWGAY
Host: Deidre Woollard
Guests: Jason Moser, Alex Friedman, Ariel Adams
Producer: Mary Long
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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