Finance expert Mike Periu on Consumers Break Holiday Shopping Records.
According to the National Retail Federation, this holiday weekend was a record breaker. 247 million consumers went shopping either online, in stores or a combination of the two. This is an increase from last year’s 226 million shoppers. On Black Friday alone, 89 million people went shopping, an increase of 3 million people compared to 2011. On average, shoppers spent $423 over the weekend, $25 more than last year. Unlike previous years, many retailers began the holiday weekend sales on Thanksgiving Day, prompting some Black Friday sales to shift to Thursday.
Who is Mike Periu?
Mike Periu is the President of Proximo, LLC, a company that markets education and training programs to small business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers.
Mike Periu has been interviewed over 500 times for broadcasters including CNN, NBC TVE, RTE and others. Mike is a contributing author to OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and the Huffington Post.
Mike graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. His degrees are in Finance and International Business. In addition to his work Mike is also on the Board of the Council for Economic Education.
Learn more about Mike Periu
Mike works with small businesses to teach them about finance and management. He started Proximo, LLC, a company that offers small business education and training services focused on finance and technology.
Periu also writes for OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas the Huffington Post contributor.
Mike went to Georgetown University where he studied Finance and International Business. He also serves on the Board of the Council for Economic Education and was a Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation.
