WRAPUP 1-Once-暗い／優うつな US retailers now signaling more holiday 元気づける after solid start to season
By Deborah Mary Sophia and Aishwarya Venugopal
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Retailers like アマゾン.com and Foot Locker are signaling 楽観主義 for holiday season sales after stronger-than-推定する／予想するd 人物／姿／数字s during 黒人／ボイコット Friday and Cyber Monday, as 激しい 割引s 誘惑するd 予算-緊張するd 顧客s on the 頂点（に達する） U.S. shopping days.
早期に 見積（る）s on holiday shopping have been encouraging to some 投資家s after retailers sounded 用心深い 公式文書，認めるs in the lead-up to the season. Online sales in the U.S. during the five-day period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday 攻撃する，衝突する a 記録，記録的な／記録する $38 billion, によれば Adobe Analytics, while the 国家の 小売 連合 said more than 200 million people shopped both in-蓄える／店 and online during the holiday 週末, より勝るing 見積（る）s.
"While there are parts of the 消費者 that definitely are much slower and 女性, from a spending 視野, there's still a lot of money sitting on the sidelines... (The holiday season) 現実に could be a little bit better than what most people think," said Jimmy 物陰／風下, CEO of Wealth 協議するing Group, which 持つ／拘留するs アマゾン 株.
Earlier this week, Ulta Beauty and Foot Locker bumped up their 年次の sales 期待s, with the footwear retailer flagging a strong start to holiday selling on the 支援する of 法外な 割引s.
黒人／ボイコット Friday 蓄える／店 visits to recreational and 冒険的な goods retailers were up 322.9% compared to the 2023 year-to-date daily 普通の／平均（する）, while the 部類 saw an 増加する of 305.2% the previous year, によれば foot traffic data from Placer.ai.
"We know we're buying for wallet 株 with a value-conscious 消費者 this holiday season. ４半期/4分の1-to-date, we've been pleased with the 傾向s as 消費者s 答える／応じる to our 十分な-price holiday assortments in 新規加入 to our 説得力のある 取引，協定s," Foot Locker CEO Mary Dillon said in a 会議／協議会 call on Wednesday.
アマゾン's 延長するd 黒人／ボイコット Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping event - which kicked off on Nov. 17 and continued through Nov. 27 - was its biggest ever compared to the same ending on Cyber Monday in previous years.
This year, during the week ending Nov. 25, card spending was 1.7% higher than in the week ending the day after 黒人／ボイコット Friday last year, によれば a 報告（する）／憶測 from BofA 全世界の 研究. The corresponding 増加するs in spending on holiday items were also larger this year, the 報告（する）／憶測 said.
深い 割引s have been a 重要な feature 長，率いるing into this year's holiday shopping season and holiday 割引s could get even bigger in December, によれば some 小売 (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs.
コール墨's CEO Tom Kingsbury said last week the company was "coming out on holiday very 積極性 ーに関して／ーの点でs of 昇進／宣伝s."
Most retailers 含むing Walmart, and 着せる／賦与するing chains Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle Outfitters , have raised 年次の 予測（する）s, putting them on 跡をつける for a strong holiday ４半期/4分の1.
Since Aug. 1, the 消費者 discretionary 部門 has 記録，記録的な／記録するd the highest 百分率 増加する in 収入s, によれば LSEG IBES data.
Yet some retailers, 含むing コール墨's, Best Buy and Lowe's Cos, have tempered their sales 予測（する）s for the year.
"The U.S. 消費者 is bifurcated. Lower income 世帯s are pulling 支援する on discretionary 購入（する）s... But outside of the lowest tier we believe 世帯 消費 remains resilient," Jason Benowitz, 上級の 大臣の地位 経営者／支配人 at CI Roosevelt, said. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Deborah Sophia and Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)
