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Of the spenders are in where they back? >> the truth is, retail spending has been strong ever since black friday, since last month and the cash registers have just continued to ring all the way up through christmas day. some of the major credit card companies saying that many retailers benefited this year have christmas day following a monday giving shoppers at full weekend open up their wallets for those last-minute buys. experts at high consumer confidence and a robust job market boosted u.s. retail sales during the holiday period arriving at the best since 2011. according to the national re...

For retailers. according to experts, there were three key things. number one, good shopping weather, low and unemployment, and consumer confidence paired bike at the ball rolling, varies good showing over black friday. according to the national retail federation, seven years ago, sales were a $520 billion. in 2017, the estimate for this holiday season, 682 billion. a spokesperson for nasa said, overall, this was a big win for retail this year. a lot of the boost coming from online shopping. big chains like macy's, sears, kmart and many others are shuttering dozens of stored location, and other...

Another big retail sales period. the holiday gift returns he's in. sellers are hoping for a continuation of the big numbers they have been seeing since last month. correspondent anita vogel takes a look. >> whether online or actually waiting in a line, there's no question shopping was back in vogue this season. >> i am more excited about shopping. >> i usually don't go out and shop at this year i felt more positive. >> i like stores. i always prefer buying in stores. i see it and touch it and feel it. >> retailers got their wish sales grew at a faster pace than they have in the last five years...

Season. i think their worries will continue to 2018. >> as the season progressed, did you change your expectation, your prediction for the strength of holiday sales because the national retail federation did not? they're still looking for that 4%, $682 billion spent. >> we were seeing an upward trajectory of how people were spending over the course of the last couple of months. so stamps same-store sales were rise for retailers across board minus a couple that were having some foreclosures, et cetera. but because you are seeing that went to monica's point, when you are seeing consumer spending...

Black friday rush. retailers are counting on the holiday season after a rough 202 2017. more than 6500 stores have closed. and the national retail federation predicts that holiday sales could total about $682 billion. that's up 4% from last year. that's good news. >> whoo. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00. that's also good news. >> for "cnn newsroom," of course. "smerconish" is coming up after a short break. i just got my cashback match, is this for real? yep. we match all the cash back new cardmembers earn at the end of their first year, automatically. whoo! i got my money! hard to contain...