According to global information company The NPD Group’s 2016 Holiday Purchase Intentions Survey, consumers plan to spend an average of $636 on holiday-related expenses, up 3% from what they anticipated last year. When questioned more broadly, 14% of consumers plan to spend “more” than they did during last year’s holiday season and 17 percent say they’ll spend “less” – virtually unchanged from 2015 results. Consumers are also less concerned about the economy spoiling their holiday fun: when as...