8 Big Predictions for the 2018 Holiday SHIPPING Season

Americans are set to spend big this holiday season. In fact, numbers from Adobe Analytics report the online spend alone will reach $124.1 billion to overshadow brick and mortar sales.What’s more, Deloitte reports that people will spend $525 on gifts representing a bump of 20% from $430 in 2017. Small Business Trends talked with Georgianna W. Oliver, founder of  Package Concierge® to get her take on the 8 big predictions for the 2018 holiday shipping season. The biggest trend might be the race to offer free shipping. Target started the ball rolling by offering free two-day shipping for items from November 1 to December 22. Walmart soon offered their own version on items costing $35 or more. Most recently, Amazon has jumped in and thrown their own free shipping gauntlet down for the holidays.