The clamor for holiday shopping is here again. According to various reports from Google and BCG, 2021 has seen continuous growth in online shopping following the pandemic-induced shift to go digital in 2020. There was a consistent high share of online transactions made across most retail categories. Among the 12800 US consumers surveyed, 42% shopped online from March to October 2020, compared with 41% from October to December 2020. It is said that the more these new behaviors persist, the more ingrained they will become for consumers. The survey also showed that 1 in 3 consumers would visit physical stores