“Shoppers were eager to secure their gifts ahead of the retail rush, with conversations surrounding supply chain and labor supply issues sending consumers online and to stores in droves. Consumers splurged throughout the season, with apparel and department stores experiencing strong growth as shoppers sought to put their best-dressed foot forward,” said Steve Sadove, senior advisor for Mastercard.

Juma Al Shamisi said: “This strategic alliance will boost the wider efforts of the leadership of Abu Dhabi to drive trade and tourism with our neighbors in the region, and to develop world-class infrastructure to expand global reach. These mega-projects represent significant integrated transport, logistics and tourism development programmes announced in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in recent years.”

As shown in the SolarWinds breach last year and the Kaseya VSA attack earlier in 2021, supply-chain attacks on MSPs are particularly catastrophic since attackers get access to both their business and their clients.

Salesforce analyzed aggregated data to produce holiday insights from the activity of over a billion global shoppers across more than 40 countries. This data tell us what is shaping the holiday season and how this will impact consumers shop in 2022. It also demonstrates how, in retailers’ efforts to avoid disruptions to consumers and build resilience into their business.

Semi-conductor chips are included in thousands of products, including computing devices, smartphones, appliances, gaming hardware, and medical equipment. It occurred to me that this might be the reason gaming consoles are so expensive and hard to find.