of the spenders are in where they back? >> the truth is, retail spending has been strong ever since black friday, since last month and the cash registers have just continued to ring all the way up through christmas day. some of the major credit card companies saying that many retailers benefited this year have christmas day following a monday giving shoppers at full weekend open up their wallets for those last-minute buys. experts at high consumer confidence and a robust job market boosted u.s. retail sales during the holiday period arriving at the best since 2011. according to the national retail federation. sales were at 528 billion. take a look at the numbers in 2017, the estimates for this holiday season, 682 billion. a spokesperson from mastercard says overall come of this was a big win for retail this year with a lot of the boost coming from online shopping.