Isikhathi samaholide sika-2024 kulindeleke ukuthi sifinyelele ku-$989bn ekusetshenzisweni okuphelele nezinombolo zabathengi ezingakaze zibonwe ngempelasonto yokubonga.

Isizini yokuthenga yamaholide ka-2024 isilungele ukwenza izinto ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili, iNational Retail Federation (NRF) ilinganisela abathengi abangu-183.4m kuzo zombili izinkundla eziku-inthanethi nezasesitolo kusukela ngoSuku Lokubonga kuya kuMsombuluko we-Cyber.
Lokhu kubonisa ukwanda kwentshiseko yabathengi kumadili wesizini namasiko.
U-Matthew Shay, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-NRF, ugqamise amandla ayisisekelo omnotho ekukhuthazeni lo mfutho wokuthenga. "Umnotho usalokhu unempilo futhi uyaqhubeka nokuqina njengoba ufinyelela ezinyangeni zokugcina zonyaka," kuphawula uShay.
Ugcizelele ukuthi imakethe yemisebenzi eqinile kanye nokukhula kwamaholo kuqinisa ukuzethemba kwabathengi.
“Izimali zasekhaya zisesimweni esihle, zinikeza umfutho wokusebenzisa imali ngendlela eqinile lapho sifika eholidini,” kuphawula uJack Kleinhenz, Isazi Esiyinhloko Sezomnotho se-NRF.
Kodwa-ke, uxwayise ngokuthi abathengi bangase baqaphele kakhulu kulo nyaka, okubonisa inhlanganisela yethemba nobuhlakani ekusebenziseni imali.
Ukuthengisa ku-inthanethi kuholela enkokhisweni
Ukuthengiswa okuku-inthanethi nokungezona ezitolo kulindeleke ukuthi kubone ukukhula okubaluleke kakhulu, ngokunyuka okulindelekile ngo-8% kuya ku-9%, okuletha ukuthengiswa okuphelele kulesi sigaba phakathi kuka-$295.1bn no-$297.9bn. Lokhu kwakhela ekukhuleni okungu-10.7% okubonwe ngo-2023, okubonisa ushintsho oluqhubekayo ekukhetheni ukuthenga kwabathengi.
Abathengisi balungiselela ukuhlangabezana nalesi sidingo esiphezulu ngokuqasha abasebenzi besizini abaphakathi kuka-400,000 no-500,000. Nakuba lokhu kungaphansi kancane kunokuqashwa kwangonyaka odlule okungu-509,000, ukuthambekela kubonisa amasu okuthengisa athuthukayo, okuhlanganisa nokugxila okuqinile emicimbini yokuthengisa ka-Okthoba ukuze kuthathwe isidingo samaholide sangaphambi kwesikhathi.
Izinselelo emkhathizwe
Naphezu kombono othembisayo, isikhathi samaholide esifushane salo nyaka—esithatha izinsuku ezingu-26 nje phakathi kwe-Thanksgiving kanye noKhisimusi—singaletha izinselele zokuhleleka kubathengisi nakubathengi.
Izici zangaphandle, njengemiphumela yezomnotho yeSiphepho u-Helene no-Milton, nazo zengeza ungqimba oluyinkimbinkimbi kwisibikezelo salo nyaka.
Njengoba i-NRF iqhubeka nokuqapha izinkomba zezomnotho ezibalulekile ezifana nokuqashwa, amaholo, kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali, u-Shay usanethemba mayelana namandla esizini. "Amaholide asebusika ayisiko elibalulekile emindenini yaseMelika, futhi amandla abo okusebenzisa azoqhubeka nokubonisa lokhu," ephetha.
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