Peak shopping season 2026: What Stripe’s holiday data reveals

In 2025, holiday spending hit 2.4x the annual daily average volume—and that surge began 10 days before Black Friday. In this report, we use Stripe data to break down three trends shaping this year’s peak shopping season and how to prepare your checkout, fraud defenses, and infrastructure.

Preparing for peak shopping season 2026: Data-backed takeaways from holiday spending

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