…with people tending to rely on the speed and convenience of e-commerce and contactless payments to ensure their loved ones don’t miss out,” says Ruth Riviere, Country Manager for Mastercard New Zealand and Pacific Islands. “The Mastercard Love Index – now in its fourth year – highlights key global and regional trends to uncover behavioural trends. What we’ve seen in New Zealand is a shift towards experiences, and last minute shopping, which offe…
…February 2019 – Whoever said Asians are not romantic may now have to sing a different tune. The 2019 “Mastercard Love Index” reveals that Asia Pacific leads the world when it comes to increases in sentimental spending for Valentine’s Day – total spend during the Valentine’s Day period has risen by 33% since 2016, with the overall number of transactions up 37%. In comparison, sentimental spending in the US dropped by 8% during the same time period…
More information on Mastercard’s annual #LoveIndex can be found here: http://news.mstr.cd/2G8PujD. …
More information on Mastercard’s annual #LoveIndex can be found here: http://news.mstr.cd/2G8PujD. …
More information on Mastercard’s annual #LoveIndex can be found here: http://news.mstr.cd/2G8PujD. …
More information on Mastercard’s annual #LoveIndex can be found here: http://news.mstr.cd/2G8PujD. …
Looking to win over your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Try ‘date night’ experiences Singapore, 14 February 2018 –The Mastercard Love Index released today, shows that romance does come in many forms. This Valentine’s Day, consumers in Singapore will continue to invest in experiences over material goods. New data from the index shows that the number of transactions on sentimental spending increased by 21% during Valentine’s Day in 2017, compared…
The Mastercard Love Index tracks and analyzes global consumer spend patterns across the past three Valentine periods (11th-14th February 2015-17). The data supports the rise of the ‘experience economy’ as happiness clearly comes from creating lasting memories instead of purchasing ‘things’. More information on the Love Index can be found here: news.mstr.cd/2G8PujD…
…e hashtag #LoveIndex Singapore, 13 February 2018 – Is romance in Asia Pacific slowing down? Mastercard’s latest Love Index findings suggest otherwise, as sentimental spending in the region has heated up by 22 percent since 2015. Overall transactions during the Valentine’s Day period also shot up by 74 percent over the last three years, indicating Asia Pacific’s consumers are feeling more loved than ever. The annual “Mastercard Love Index”, creat…
…since 2015, with the number of transactions up by 47% during the Valentine’s Day period. The annual “Mastercard Love Index”, which is measured by analyzing credit, debit and prepaid transactions across the past three Valentine’s Day periods (11th-14th February 2015-2017) has revealed that whisking a loved one off on a romantic getaway is increasingly popular, with transactions for travel experiences (via air or train) rising 75% in 2017, making…