As retailers are preparing for major holiday sales, consumers are gearing up for the busiest shopping season of the year. Events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday tend to entice a lot of shoppers with deep discounts. But plenty of businesses offer holiday sales through the rest of the season as well. So how many shoppers are likely to be influenced by these sales and shopping holidays?
Shopping Holidays
In Ask Your Target Market’s latest survey, 27% of respondents said that they are likely to shop on Thanksgiving this year. 36% have plans to shop on Black Friday. 34% are likely to do some shopping on Small Business Saturday. And 50% of respondents said they are likely to shop Cyber Monday sales this year.
Shopping Habits
In the past, 55% of respondents said that they have shopped on Thanksgiving. 72% have gone shopping on Black Friday at least once, with 7% saying they go every year. 66% have shopped on Small Business Saturday. And 73% have bought items from Cyber Monday sales in past years.
Holiday Sales
While those are the major shopping holidays of the season, retailers offer plenty of other sales throughout November and December. Overall, 59% of respondents said that sales are likely to impact their buying decisions throughout the holiday season. Respondents mentioned Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Macy’s and Kohl’s as the retailers whose holiday sales they’re most looking forward to.
You can view the complete survey results in the widget below and be sure to click “Open Full Report” to take advantage of all the chart and filter options.
Photo Credit: The sales banners from Flickr
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Results were collected on November 24 via AYTM’s online survey panel.
