US Shoppers Grab Last-Minute Holiday Gifts, Pick Up Online Orders In-Store

US Shoppers Grab Last-Minute Holiday Gifts, Pick Up Online Orders In-Store
Shoppers wait in line outside a Bath and Body Works retail store in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 2020. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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NEW YORK—Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of spending time in stores during the latest surge of COVID-19 cases and nervous about packages not arriving before Christmas, were on a mission on Dec. 19: snatch up last-minute gifts fast or pick up online purchases in-store.

The “Super Saturday” before Christmas is traditionally the busiest day of the year for holiday purchases, and this year, online retail has been extra busy. But news reports about high-priority vaccine shipments have many Americans fretting that gift deliveries could be delayed this week.