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😔 Low mood after holidays 📉 Drop in spending
post-holiday slump

post-holiday slump

4.2
A drop in shopping and sales after a major holiday season
  • noun
  • Literature
translation icon : recesión post-vacacional
  • Economists predicted a sharp post-holiday slump in retail sales across the country in January.

Examples

  • After the gift season, small businesses struggled with a prolonged post-holiday slump in online orders.

  • To prepare for the annual post-holiday slump, the chain slashed inventory and delayed new product launches.

  • The post-holiday slump is real.

  • Don't let the post-holiday slump discourage you!

  • Economists predicted a sharp post-holiday slump in retail sales across the country in January.

  • After the gift season, small businesses struggled with a prolonged post-holiday slump in online orders.

  • To prepare for the upcoming post-holiday slump, many retailers started discounting their inventory.

Synonyms

downturn
vspost-holiday slump
69 4.4

A period when the economy or business gets worse

is a brief seasonal reduction in retail spending after major events
slump
vspost-holiday slump
65 4.6

A period when business or the economy falls a lot

is a short, seasonal drop in consumer spending after major events
downswing
vspost-holiday slump
1 6.1

A time when people buy and sell less and the economy slows

is the temporary, season linked dip in consumer purchases

Antonyms

pre-holiday
3.1

Happens before a holiday, often when people prepare

How Active

boom
214 2.8
expansion
241 3.3
recovery
264 3.0
post-holiday slump
  • Literature
4.2
recession
  • Specialized
858 4.6
depression
  • Specialized
39 4.0

Surface Forms

post-holiday slump singular
post-holiday slumps plural

Morphology

post-holiday + slump

The phrase is compositionally built: 'post-holiday' (= after the holidays) combined with 'slump' (= a decline) yields a decline occurring after holiday periods. This is a regular, transparent compounding pattern (post/after + event + slump) that is cross-linguistically common and thus readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Post-holiday slump comes from the image of shops that are busy at gift time but then sales slump and the shops feel quiet afterwards. So, it now means a temporary 'decrease in spending' or slow business after the holidays.