Holiday

Valentine's Day shoppers to dole out $2.8B for loved ones

More than half of Americans are planning to celebrate Valentine's Day and will spend a collective $2.8 billion on their loved ones, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights and Analytics survey.

Google Doodle acknowledges 'cuckoo' year

At the conclusion of a year that could be aptly described as crazy, it was only fitting that Google ring in 2021 with an animated cuckoo clock. 

US holiday retail sales rise 3.0% - Mastercard report

U.S. ecommerce sales jumped 49% in this year’s holiday shopping season, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse report, underscoring the COVID-19 pandemic’s role in transforming customers’ shopping habits.

When Christmas arrived by rail

Even amid a global pandemic just-in-time delivery remains the expectation of the 21st century, but nothing can equal the nostalgia of a time when all of America relied on the railroads.