More than 60% of survey respondents said that they plan to minimize in-store shopping this year. (Photo: Shutterstock) More than 60% of survey respondents said that they plan to minimize in-store shopping this year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

As the holiday season approaches, there are growing questions about how holiday shopping will kick-off. For the last several years, Black Friday shopping has started on Thanksgiving Day and into Black Friday. But this year, shoppers are shying away from the big event. The latest Accenture Holiday Shopping Survey finds that shoppers are minimizing in-store shopping and choosing home delivery. It also shows that shoppers would prefer stores to remain closed on Thanksgiving Day.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.

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