Economic Recovery &Nbsp; Christmas Consumption In The United States Is High.

As the most important festival in the western countries in a year,

Us: consumption exceeds US $450 billion

The continuous improvement of the US economy and the government's stimulus policy have made this holiday's consumption a haze for the past two years.

According to the latest forecast of the US Retail Federation, the holiday shopping expenditure in the United States will reach $451 billion 500 million this year, an increase of 3.3% over the previous year, the highest growth rate in five years.

After two years of economic distress, the improvement of the US economy in 2010 and the surge in Thanksgiving consumption were encouraged.

A large part of the growth of holiday spending comes from the popularity of online shopping activities.

According to reports released by several organizations, the number of online shopping Americans will set a new record this Christmas shopping season as consumers are attracted by free online shopping and other discounts.

UK: catch up before the consumption tax rises

Since the consumption tax in Britain will rise to 20% from 17.5% in January 4th next year, consumers want to get what they like before the tax rate and price rise.

Christmas is the best shopping reason.

December 26th is the "boxing day" in Britain. On this day, businesses usually offer more discounts than usual.

Large chain stores, including Searl, a 100 year old shop, such as de Benham, and so on, have introduced 50% to 70% or even 75% discount measures.

As the ice and snow weather affects travel, the amount of online shopping has increased significantly.

In December 25th, 4 million 800 thousand British people shoped online, spending a record 153 million pounds, IMRG said.

It is estimated that the British will spend another 300 million pounds on Boxing Day.

France: wallet shrink, careful calculation

But for the French, the shadow of the financial crisis has not yet dissipated.

DDT estimates that the French budget for Christmas this year will probably fall by more than 4% from last year.

The budget constraint has made French Christmas shopping more rational.

Online shopping, second-hand gifts, cheque gifts and other popular, and high-tech consumer electronics products are expected to become the darling of this year's Christmas shopping season.

According to a survey by the polling agencies, the 53% of Frenchmen expect to tighten their belts at the end of the year, compared with 43% last year.

This has made French online shopping and second-hand goods more popular this year.