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Number Crunch

Published Friday Dec 20, 2024

Author Matthew J. Mowry

 

$75 Million

U.S. retail sales between Black Friday and Cyber Monday could reach a record-breaking $75 billion this year.
That would be a 5% increase from 2023, and those post-Thanksgiving doorbuster sales are expected to account for 8% of all holiday sales.

Source: Bain & Company examination
of U.S. consumer shopping patterns over the past five years using proprietary credit card data and analytics from Pyxis

 

 


 

 

8th

NH’s rank when it comes to financial wellbeing and YOLO (You Only Live Once) spending. Granite Staters spend over $12,600 annually on nonessential items, which accounts for 21% of their expenses.

Source: Storage Café analyses of data from U.S. Bureau of Labor  Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

 


 

13%

The share of retired
seniors who say they’re likely to start working again next year. Most cite the increased cost of living.

Source: ResumeBuilder.com survey
of 750 U.S. residents ages 65 to 85

 


 

1 in 5

Heck no, I won’t go!

The number of workers trying to get around their company’s return to work policy. If companies start cracking down, 20% of workers say they are very likely to leave.

Source: ResumeBuilder.com survey of 1,030 U.S.-based full-time employees working for companies that have implemented a return to office policy since 2020.

 

 

$520,000

While single-family homes are staying
on the market longer (up 4.3% in September),  prices continue to rise,
up 6.5%, reaching a median sales price statewide of $520,000.

Source: NH Association of Realtors

 

 
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