Chase: Green Monday top-five shopping day so far

New York -- The Chase Holiday Pulse on Wednesday revealed that Green Monday, Dec. 10, sales showed a 10.7% year-over-year increase over Green Monday (Dec. 12) in 2011, mainly driven by merchant deals and discounts on popular gift items.



Overall sales volume for the week commencing December 3rd grew 7.1% compared with season-to-date growth of 12.2% year-over-year. For transactions, volume for the period increased by 9.3% compared with a season-to-date growth of 22.5%. Mass Market and Home categories showed a year-over-year increase of 22.9% and 14.8% respectively for the same period.