In business news… the early numbers are in for the holiday shopping season and retail sales increased 3-point-four percent from November first thru December 24th.
According to Mastercard, e-commerce is the big winner… while brick and mortar sales were somewhat grim. Department store sales were down over five-percent.
Overall, holiday e-commerce sales grew 18.8-percent over last year, on top of an 18.4-percent advance holiday 2018.
