by Mike Duff | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Key economic trends continue to support the view that the 2024 holiday selling season will be solid, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. A near-record 197 million consumers shopped during the key sales period from Thanksgiving...
by Mike Duff | Nov 18, 2024 | Retail Articles
The Census Bureau data, according to National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, demonstrates retail sales grew solidly the past two months based on the capacity for U.S. households to spend and the strength of the economy. October core retail sales —...
by Mike Duff | Nov 13, 2024 | Retail Articles
Retail sales were solid in October based on consumer spending driven in part by year-to-date job and wage growth, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor report from the National Retail Federation. Total retail sales, excluding automobiles and gasoline, gained 0.74%...
by Mike Duff | Oct 17, 2024 | Retail Articles
United States Census Bureau figures show retail sales increasing again in September as employment grew and inflation and interest rates fell. The Census Bureau overall retail sales in September were up 0.4% seasonally adjusted month over month and 1.7% unadjusted year...
by Mike Duff | Sep 17, 2024 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Despite some expectations among market observers of a greater slowdown as anti-inflation measures taken by the United States Federal Reserve have taken hold, data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrates retail sales continued to grow in August, fueled by...
