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Published: 20 Dec 2020 08:14 AM BdST
Updated: 20 Dec 2020 08:14 AM BdST Shoppers wait in line outside a Bath and Body Works retail store, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Brooklyn, New York, US, December 8, 2020. REUTERS
Many US holiday shoppers, wary of going into stores during the latest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, went from their computers, phones or other devices to their cars on the Saturday before Christmas to make last-minute gift purchases and then drive to the store to pick them up. );
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Super Saturday is traditionally the busiest day of the year for holiday purchases, and this year online retail has been extra busy, and high-priority vaccine shipments have many Americans fretting that deliveries could be delayed this week.
Click, then drive: Last-minute U.S. holiday shoppers do curbside pickup
Super Saturday is traditionally the busiest day of the year for holiday purchases H. J. I./Reuters
19.12.2020
BUSINESS NEWS
Click, then drive: Last-minute U.S. holiday shoppers do curbside pickup
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Shoppers wait in line outside a Bath and Body Works retail store, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 8, 2020.
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Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of entering stores during the latest surge of COVID-19, went from their computers, phones and other devices to their cars on the Saturday before Christmas to make last-minute gift purchases and then drive to the store to pick them up.
By Melissa Fares
(Updates throughout; adds analyst quote)
NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of spending time in stores during the latest surge of COVID-19 cases and nervous about packages not arriving before Christmas, were on a mission on Saturday: snatch up last-minute gifts fast or pick up online purchases in-store.
The “Super Saturday” before Christmas is traditionally the busiest day of the year for holiday purchases, and this year online retail has been extra busy. But news reports about high-priority vaccine shipments have many Americans fretting that gift deliveries could be delayed this week.