Today in Data: Battling Fraud With Data, December Retail Sales Slump, Meeting Consumers’ Dietary Needs

Retail

Today in Data, December retail sales slumped as the omicron variant surged across the U.S. and around the world. Plus, fraudsters becoming increasingly frustrated by use of data to control it, and all the latest news from Amazon and Walmart.

Data

1.9%: Drop in retail sales in December 2021

8.7%: Drop in online/non-store sales in December 2021

200M: Number of Americans with special dietary restrictions

85M: Number of Americans with allergy issues

26%: Share of consumers living paycheck-to-paycheck who were victims of fraud