The wait is over. The New Year is here. It’s the time of the year when customers storm the internet in search of the best deals on consumer items, fashion and beauty, and the latest offerings from tech companies.
Some of the leading online stores including, Best Buy, Costco, and Sam’s Club are closed on New Year’s Day. Check out what Walmart, Target, and Macy’s have to offer on New Year’s Day.
According to recent data available online, the overall sales during the holiday season, this year declined as compared to the previous year. Factors, including a falling economy, unemployment, and pandemic, have influenced the purchasing power of the consumers, in the absence of government aid.
In the past few months, there has been a steep decline in the sales of clothing stores, retailers, and e-commerce stores. The e-commerce growth in the US has jumped to more than 30%, this year and it’s not slowing down.
Many big stores were closed on New Year’s Day but some of them including Target, Macy’s, and Walmart, 7-Eleven, Wawa, Casey’s General Store, TravelCenters of America, Circle K, Speedway, RaceTrac, QuickChek, Pilot Flying J, Love’s Travel Stops, QuikTrip, Cumberland Farms and Sheetz were open on Friday.
Restaurants such as Starbucks, Taco Bell, and McDonald’s remained open Friday.