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The 2026 ICSC Holiday Intentions Survey is forecasting year-over-year retail sales growth of between 4.3% and 4.9% during the upcoming season, with total spend expected to top $1.7 trillion.

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days promotion this week approached the popularity of the June Prime Day promotion, though household spending was lower than during the early-summer sales event, according to Numerator.

Import volumes at major container ports in the United States are finally beginning to slow after persistently high levels over the summer, according to a Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.