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your christmas shopping list with us. you have a long day ahead, as well. we appreciate your time but, ali, vanessa is a great example of so many of the shoppers here. but we also have talked to some shoppers saying the deals aren t necessarily better at some other stores and a mixed bag getting through this really busy holiday retail season. as you know, more critical than ever for the stores to survive this holiday season. i tell you what. lou frankfurt who founded coach years ago told me they started to put men s stuff in the store. i said who buys the stuff? he said not man. no man can tell you where the belt came from or the wallet came from and only buys a new belt is when it s about to break. and yesterday i said to myself, my belt which i think is probably 20 years old is about to go. so this morning i went online and i bought a new belt for $20.99 and it will last 21 years. and that s a buck a year.
shoppers used their smartphones to spend a billion dollars yesterday. online purchases totaled $3.7 billion. that s up 28% from last year. while all signs point to a high in consumer confidence. the organization for economic cooperation and development, that s the oecd, i like to drop that a lot, warns that trade tariffs and higher interest rates could slow economic growth. now, despite that ominous forecast, the solid 70% of americans said they are shopping today, i have even confessed that to my friend jolene kent who is in glendale, arizona, for us. she has her finger on the pulse of how people are feeling and what they re buying. yeah, ali, it s been interesting. i know you bought a belt and you made your contribution, but here folks are buying a lot more than just a belt for $20.99. people are forking out money by the hundreds. what they re really seeing here is a more enjoyable shopping experience and here s why. anecdotally experts across the
are looking at annual fees. a reduction in the promotional rates, maybe a reduction in rewards programs. reporter: that s already happening. roger found out his citibank credit card was raising his interest rate for future purchases from 18.99% to 20.99%. they said it was due to no fault of my own. reporter: he was late with two payments for his 30-year history before he reached the notice of his future increase. what was it like opening the letter from a lender you worked with for 30 years and they re telling you they are going to jack up your interest rates? i think now it is a faceless, compassionless, exploitive institution. reporter: for its part, citibank says, quote, price increases are necessary, giving the doubling of cred credit card losses and regulatory changes. kathleen has had to opt out of three credit cards because of impending interest rate hikes.