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hol die sales are 4.9% through christmas eve according to mastercard spending plus, the best since 2011. e-commerce driving the gains 18%. mastercard said christmas falling on a monday gave shoppers a full weekend to snatch up last minute gifts. the holiday shopping doesn't end with christmas. consumers will flock to stores to make returns around redeem gift cards. shoppers will spend $59 billion between christmas and new years. they will be ready with more deals and spring merchandise. back to you. >> i like to go to try to get the sale on those last minute winter items. >> yeah, coats. >> yeah. >> definitely. >> thanks, landon. >> exactly. >>> marcus, not to put you on the spot here, have you written all your thank you notes yet? >> not a one. >> today is the official national thank you note day. we are not talking electronic note, an actual handwritten note in the high-tech world, etiquette shows writing teaches children gratitude. if the child can't write, parents can write the note themselves and ask the child to scribble or draw something on the card. >> i am a big believer in sna

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the latest numbers from mastercard point to the best holiday season in more than five years. retail sales rose by almost 5% from november through christmas eve. online sales are up even higher, 18%. overall sales are projected to reach $682 billion. >> i got an apple watch and an ocustick. >> a universal for january. >> time with the family. my son. >> reporter: shoppers aren't slowing down anytime soon. in fact they're set to spend some $69 billion in the week between christmas and new year's. shopper track projects today, december 26th, as the fourth busiest shopping day of theon we spoke to were eager to take advantage of the deals. >> macy's has a 46% discount. >> maybe foot locker. >> you get good prices, it's like 50 to 75% off after christmas. then you can save it for next year. >> reporter: because christmas fell on a monday this year, shoppers got an extra saturday. this weekend, dubbed super saturday, was set to be the second biggest of the season in terms of in-store traffic. while the holiday shopping season may be coming to a close, it's just the beginning for re

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mastercard says sales rose 5% from november 1st through christmas eve. e-commerce grew even faster, at a rate of 18%, as consumer sentiment rose and shoppers continued to spend late into the season. consumers said they felt confident about the economy and took advantage of sales. >> since trump has been elected, i th a lot for the economy. >> knowing there was a lot of unknowns, i just worked really hard and we had a good year. >> i spent less money on christmas this year, better sales, i took advantage of that. >> reporter: don't expec shoppers to slow down anytime soon. they're set to spend some $69 billion this week through new year's, that's 10% of the overall $682 billion the national retail federation had projected for this holiday season. for "nightly business r i'm k >>> up next, how the debate over deficits has shifted the focus on confi >>> well, the new tax law has done a lot of things. but one of the most amazing is how it has changed the conversation about budget deficits and which party takes which side in the debate over how important they

t mobile, bank america, mastercard, home depot is leading the way. it is what companies do whether they're flushed with cash. they are not out there hiring more people. they're going through stock buybacks and we saw just this week because of the repatriation, bringing the dlorz ov dollars back to the united states, companies like apple, that's a $47 billion win for them. >> i love the companies. we want them to succeed. but this idea that this tax cut doesn't increase the deficit has been disproved by every study including those from conservative organizations and the joint committee on taxation. the bottom line is if you're going to increase the deficit, and then have paul ryan and marco rubio and donald trump talking about the wage you have to -- the things you have to cut to offset the increase in the deficit, well then you start talking about poor people and entitlements. we're all in favor of proper enteet willment reform. >> we need entitlement reform. but to suggest now in the same breath that you're cutting the corporate cuts and then you're

figures from mastercard show 4.9% gain from last year covering november 1 through christmas eve.ggest year on year increase since 2011. we're joined by jan kniffen. okay, this is in the numbers, isn't it we knew it was going to be strong there's efz of that from black friday look at the ramp a lot of retail stocks have been on. granted, they're up today, but it's pricedige now, isn't it >> it's priced in. we have seen really good numbers, but we did see 5.7% increase for november alone. so it's been slowing year over year week by week, up through christmas. that doesn't mean it's not fabulous i think it's really probably the best in a decade but the sales came online. if we were really up 19% online, which is about what we think, then about 3.6% points of all that growth came online, which only leaves less than a percentage point for brick and mortar it still came early and it came online, and it will still be a great season, and inventories were thin and profit margins will be great, but it hasn't changed the trajectory of what's happening. >> the secular decline of brick and mo

mastercard spending said today retail sales jumped nearly this holiday season, the biggest year-to-year increase since 2011. another company, optoro, estimates customers will return $90 billion worth of merchandise. a study reported today by the "journal of the american medical association," said vitamin d and calcium supplements do not seem to prevent bone breaks or hip fractures in older adults. the supplements appear to have no clear benefit, according to the study. the "salt lake tribune" was being sarcastic when it named senator orrin hatch its "utahn of the year" of the year because the accompanying editorial blasted hatch for "his utter lack of integrity that rises from his unquenchable thirst for power." some wondered if senator hatch had read the full article when he quickly tweeted he was grateful for the honor. well, today, his communications director insisted the senator's spfns tongue in cheek. there is much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: investigators raise alarms about the effectiveness of the f.d.a.'s food recalls. >> every day that a recall is no

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mastercard and discover already did so.h a rise of online shopping and new technology, like chips and credit cards, signatures have actually become less necessary as safety precautions. >>> san francisco international airport is taking steps to reduce congestion for people picking up or maybe dropping off friends and family over the holidays. tomorrow through january 8th, short-term parking in both the domestic and international parking garages will be free for stays of 30 minutes or less. in addition, sfo will offer an express drop-off and pickup zone on the fifth floor of the domestic garage. trying to make it a little bit easier for holiday travel. >> a holiday gift, right? >>> an amazing marathon moment. a high school runner helps someone with a race. >> but there's controversy over who ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'm dion lim. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the oakland city worker' strike is about to enter week two. where negotiations stand and the tough spot many strikers find themselves in right now.