With people having more disposable income at hand, the Christmas Holiday shopping season in the United States might yield healthier retail sales to bring this year to a close.

Experts at Deloitte are expecting a growth in holiday sales as high as 4.5 percent. In 2016, the sales were at 3.6 percent, a figure similar to 2015. They also expect that sales from e-commerce to rise 18 to 21 percent during the upcoming holiday season. They noted that digital sales increased to 14.3 percent in 2016.