(Bloomberg) -- Online shoppers are getting fewer discounts on toys this holiday season, despite an effort by retailers to start sales earlier to offset a shorter shopping season.
Toys were discounted on average 15-18% into Cyber Monday this year compared to the average drop in pricing of 31% last year, UBS analyst Arpine Kocharyan wrote in a note Thursday, citing e-commerce trends tracked by Adobe Inc. Discounts were about 19% in 2017.
The spending period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is six fewer days this year, the shortest since 2013. Hanukkah also begins 20 days later this year than it did last year.
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Toys are still a top gift category with 33% of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers saying they were buying toys as gifts compared to 34% last year, according to data from the National Retail Federation. Mattel Inc.'s Barbie remains the No. 1 holiday toy for girls, while LEGO is still the top seller for boys. Frozen 2 toys such as those from Hasbro Inc. were the second-best online seller on Cyber Monday, after LOL Surprise Dolls, UBS said.
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