ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Earlier store openings and frothy headlines lent a hyped-up atmosphere to the debut of the 2014 holiday shopping season. The amplified energy level worked, up to a point, benefitting large and small retailers, who saw an uptick in sales, but not as much as last year, according to data released today from First Data, the global leader in payments technology and solutions. The First Data 2014 SpendTrend® Holiday Shopping Spend Analysis, one of the largest and most precis