Minneapolis–St. Paul

Twin Cities residents plan to spend an average of $918 per household this holiday season

Chart of the week: December 5, 2016

• Metro-region shoppers are planning to spend $918 per household this holiday season, the highest amount since the St. Thomas Holiday Sentiment Survey began 15 years ago. The average is up $68 or 8 percent over last year. It is predicted that that Minneapolis-St. Paul residents will spend a cumulative $1.24 billion this holiday season.

Sources: JLL Research, University of St. Thomas

WHERE ARE MSP RESIDENTS SHOPPING?Most popular shopping centers for holiday gifts

Shopping malls/downtowns;

40%

Non-mall stores; 17%

Internet; 39%

Catalog/TV/phone;

5%

Planned spending by retail channel

8 Albertville Outlet Center

9 Arbor Lakes Area

7 Maplewood2 Rosedale

10 Downtown Minneapolis4 Ridgedale

1 Mall of America

6 Burnsville

3 Southdale5 Galleria