with higher prices, product shortages, and in the final days leading to christmas the surge of the omicron variant. they re out buying at the high end and the low end of the market. they had enough, they want to shop. master card found consumers also started well before black friday with more in-person shopping this year. still more than ever, people are buying online with sales up 61% and accountanting for a fifty of this year s sales. retailers need to be everywhere to everywhere all of the time. but you also have to have a website that operates seamlessly
shortages and in the final days leading up to christmas, the surge of the omicron variant. so they re out buying and this is at the high end of the market as well as the lower end of the market. all the consumers are feeling they had enough, they want to spend and they want to experience life again. reporter: the items driving this year s surge, clothing and jewelry. mastercard spending pulse which compiled the data found consumers started before black friday with more in-person shopping this year and an unexpected return to department stores. still more than ever, people are buying online with e-commerce sales up 61% from prepandemic levels and accounting for a fifth of all of this year s sales. retailers really need to be everywhere to everyone all the time. you have to have a store for pick up or dropoff or returns, but you also have to have a website that operates seamlessly with those stores. experts say with record
find a way to get large chunks of this bill passed. congresswoman pramila jayapal, the head of the progressive caucus, writing in an opinion piece in the washington post on sunday that she wants to continue working towards getting this bill done and getting something as close to that framework that democrats had previously agreed to as possible. meanwhile, senator chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, has said that democrats in the senate will indeed vote on that build back better act in early 2022. he has not, though, officially set a date for that. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. as the white house looks for a way forward on build back better, it s also working to address other issues affecting americans, including high prices and product shortages. vice president kamala harris explains how. short-term solution includes what we need to do around the supply chain.
Candy canes are now joining the list of items facing a shortage this holiday season owing to low peppermint production and overall supply chain disruptions, leaving behind consumers with a weak fruit-flavored taste in the mouth.