New York City sees huge spike in online shopping, package delivery

New York is on a holiday spending spree.

The city hasn’t seen a Christmas outlay like this in a long time, with local consumers set to break records on gifts, goods and holiday entertainment, according to forecasts and localﷺ merchants.

The volume of deliveries and pickups, considered a key benchmark, is turning heads. DHL Express US told The Post that it expects its delivery of packages in New York City from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day to jump♑ by 11 percent year-over-year, and pickups by 19 percent. DHL sa🐽ys its overall New York City volume is forecast to increase by 13 percent this holiday season over last.

“E-commerce is contributing significantly to our growth momentum, especially around the hꦫolidays,” said Ryan Hunter♒, VP, global customers, for DHL Express Americas.

Over 80 percent of New Yorkers holiday-shop online, according to Don Levy, director at the Siena College Research Institute (♛SCRI).

Shopping and spending by New Yorkers — excluding the strong tourism dollars changing hands for Broadway tickets and Times Square trinkets — will be robust by other measures as ꦜwell.

“New Yorkers are a bit more꧂ excited about the holiday season this year,” Levy said. “Holiday gift budgets have risen slightly and New Yorkers’ collective view of their personal finances is up compared to a year ago.”

An SCRI survey showed more New Yorkers statewide — 47 percent ꦛthis holiday season versus 46 percent a year ago — p🍒lanned to spend $500 or more on gifts.

The survey shows that as New Yorkers’ holiday gift budgets have risen this year, many are al♌so deep into the spirit of the season.

“Fifty-one percent of [New York state residents] most often greet others with ‘Merry ౠChristmas,ꦯ’ while 38 percent prefer ‘Happy Holidays,’ ” said Levy.

He added that 72 percen✅t put up a Christmas tree at home.

Meanwhile, the average New York City resident willဣ have spent $753 this year for the period from November through Dec. 25. That compares with $3,160 in Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, home of millennial millionaires, high-tech sta🍸rtups and America’s biggest holiday spenders.

The festive boom in NYC reflects a broader national trend. The National Retail Federation predicts US holiday ret🌳ail sales in November and December will surge by 3.8 percent to 4.2 percent above last year, to a new record.

As The Post reported, last-minute Christmas shoppers fueled by growing wages spent $34.4 billion on the last Saturday before Christmas 🧜on gifts, smashing records to make it the biggest shopping day in history.

Spending both online a꧋nd in stores combined on that Saturday totaled more than 8 percent above last year, and beat out Black Friday by 10 percent, according to Customer Growth Parඣtners, a retail research and consulting firm.

Among the big hits were Disney’s “Frozen II” toys, the Nintendo Switch, and Apple’s Air Pod Pro, i𒉰Phone 11 and Series 5 watch.