
2022 holiday shopping season recap (Consumer behavior edition)
The 2022 holiday shopping season has officially ended. And it left major information on consumer behavior in its wake.
Discover the science behind what makes consumers click "buy now" with actionable insights on urgency marketing, FOMO psychology, and proven tactics that top brands use to boost conversions.
Each Tuesday after Thanksgiving people around the globe participate in a non-official holiday known as GivingTuesday. Consumers and brands alike are encouraged to generously donate their time and energy to charitable causes in the spirit of giving back.
After days of great deals ahead of the gift-giving season comes Giving Tuesday, which has been encouraging people to give back to their communities and favorite charities since 2012. It uses the same consumer psychology that's behind the days just before it: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
The creation of Cyber Monday came from a press release sent in 2005 by the National Retail Federation's Shop.org. It has become an online event that leverages urgency marketing, which uses the same type of consumer psychology that piggybacks off of Black Friday.
No one has had to shop for holiday gifts during a pandemic since the 1918 H1N1 virus. And, obviously, shopping has come a long way since. Technology has substantially impacted and advanced the way consumers make purchases in the last five years, not to mention the last hundred or so.