If your holiday shopping plan this season involves grabbing a spare
minute on your phone to hunt for presents while you’re standing in line
or on the train to work, you’re not alone.
More than half
of holiday shoppers say they plan to use their smartphones in free
moments throughout the day to get their holiday list done. As we wake up
to what has become
the day for online deal hunting—Cyber
Monday—we took a look at the top gifts trending on Google Search to help
you shop smarter in those spare moments. Here’s a look at online
shopping search trends across the U.S., to give you ideas of what your
loved ones might like to find under the tree.
Source: Google Shopping Data, U.S., Oct 2015 vs. Oct 2014
Drones are now toys: Drones are no longer expensive playthings
for the tech-savvy. Search for “toy drone” and you’ll find countless
inexpensive, easy-to-use devices available from department stores and
toy stores. And they’re popular—nationwide, shopping searches for drones
are up 80% over the past year, and they’re highest in
California.
Hoverboards are real, and they’re trending: While we’re on the
topic of electronic toys, hoverboards are so popular this year they’ve
even overtaken searches for drones. They may not be exactly like the
boards from
Back to the Future or the
Lexus commercial,
but these two-wheeled boards have become a hot toy this season.
Searches for “hoverboards” started trending in the summer and are up
more than 500% since July.
Source: Google Shopping Data, U.S., Oct 2015 vs. Oct 2014
Holiday onesies are the new “ugly Christmas sweaters”: Last year
“ugly Christmas sweaters” were all the rage. This year we’re seeing
holiday onesies are the new kitsch partywear of choice, as searches for
“adult onesies” are trending even faster than searches for “ugly
Christmas sweater.” (Hey—we don’t try to explain these trends. We just
report them. -Ed.)
Your 90s wardrobe is BACK: Bomber jackets. Levi jeans. Adidas
Superstars. Looking at this year’s top-trending apparel list you’ll be
forgiven for thinking we’ve gone back to the 90s. Not only have we seen
searches for these 90s fashion trends more than double over the past
year, each city has their own 90s fashion item of choice—shoppers in
Chicago are more interested in Levis while shoppers in New York are on
the hunt for Adidas Superstar shoes.
Source: Google Shopping Data, U.S., Oct 2015 vs. Oct 2014
“Smart” devices top electronics searches: With more models
on the market than ever, both smart watches and smart TVs topped our
list of trending electronics this year—with “smart watch” searches
seeing a particularly phenomenal growth, up nearly 300% compared to last
year. But as smart devices get more popular, retro electronics are also
making a comeback: searches for instant cameras like “Polaroid Camera”
and “Fujifilm Instax” have been rising steadily in popularity each
holiday season.
So there you have it. Ready to start shopping? To help you search for
these gifts quickly and easily while on-the-go, we recently redesigned
Google Shopping on mobile. And for more insights behind this season’s trends, check out the
Shopping Insights tool. Happy deal-hunting!
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