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INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES

  • AAA forecasts higher holiday travel as motorists 'go over the mountains and through the woods'

    WASHINGTON — AAA forecasts 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-2012 year-end holiday travel season, a 1.4% increase over the 90.7 million people who traveled one year ago, the travel organization announced earlier this week. This year’s expected year-end holiday travel volume is the second-highest in the past decade and represents 30% of the total U.S. population.

  • Green Monday online spending up 19% to $1.13 billion

    RESTON, Va. — Data released Wednesday by ComScore showed that holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 42 days of the 2011 holiday season is up 15% year over year. Through “Green Monday,” Dec. 12, $26.8 billion has been spent online.

    The most recent week (week ended Dec. 11) reached a record $6.1 billion in spending, in line with the season-to-date’s 15% growth rate, according to the report.

  • Wellness+ does well and then some, while so-so performance from Wellness stores