Holidays

One in three don’t plan to celebrate Valentine’s day
Sexuality Survey

One in three Americans don’t plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air… or is it? The Ipsos Consumer Tracker has the answers.
Half of small businesses say compliance requirements make it harder to grow
Polling Survey

Half of small businesses say compliance requirements make it harder to grow

The quarterly Ipsos/MetLife/U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index in Q4 2024 is down slightly from Q3 2024
73% of Americans say eating healthier is one of their new year’s resolutions.
Holidays Survey

Here's what we resolve for 2025

Three in four Americans are resolving to eat healthier and exercise more in 2025, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
28% of Americans say they feel stressed this holiday season.
Holidays Survey

The holidays are making us happy, joyful and stressed

Americans have complicated feelings about the holiday season, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
of Americans with a household income under $50k plan to reduce their spending on holiday gifts this year.
Consumer Behavior Survey

How the economy is impacting Americans’ holiday plans

Will Americans be home for the holidays? Will they dine out in December? Their answers reflect the economy at large, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
53% of 18- to 34-year-olds said they plan to spend more this holiday season
Holidays Survey

Younger Americans are spending more on holiday gifts. Here's why that matters

For the second year in a row, younger Americans are the only age group planning to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
73% of Americans say it’s important for them to support locally-owned stores this holiday season
Consumer Behavior Survey

More plan to shop only online, but also say it’s important to shop local

People say it's important to support locally owned stores — but they also plan to shop mostly online this holiday season, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
68% of Americans say they would be happy to receive an investment as a holiday gift
Public opinion Survey

Most Americans would be happy to receive investments as holiday gifts

A new Yahoo Finance/Ipsos survey finds that Americans want investments as holiday gifts as a way to save for the future and build wealth
chart showing that 61 percent of Americans think there will be a COVID spike this winter
Consumers Survey

Americans expect a COVID surge in winter

Three in five Americans (61%) think there will be a spike in COVID cases this winter, which is about flat from the same time last year, according to new data from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Making a list, and price checking it twice: Most Americans (74%) buying fewer gifts in response to inflation and rising cost of living
Polling Survey

Making a list, and price checking it twice: Most Americans (74%) buying fewer gifts in response to inflation and rising cost of living

Economic snowstorms are burying a majority of Americans (55%), who plan to dig out of the situation by using debt to fund holiday gift purchases.
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