by Mike Duff | Sep 16, 2022 | Retail Articles
Consumers continued to spend in August despite inflation as more jobs and higher wages helped ease the pressures associated with rising prices, according to the National Retail Federation. The United States Census Bureau has announced that overall retail sales in...
by Mike Duff | Aug 18, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Core retail sales, as calculated by the National Retail Federation, rose in July as consumers kept shopping, NRF reported. NRF’s calculation of retail sales is based on U.S. Census Bureau figures, but it excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and...
by Mike Duff | Jan 25, 2022 | Retail Articles
Consumer spending on general merchandise finished 2021 up 15% versus the year earlier, with a 6% increase in unit sales, according to The NPD Group, and it wasn’t all holiday action. Although holiday shopping brought positive retail results, the early part of 2021...
by Mike Duff | Jan 21, 2022 | Retail Articles
In an initiative reaching out to vendors across the United States, Meijer will expand its third Supplier Diversity event to include diverse-owned service providers as well as those producing retail-ready products for its shelves. The March 29-to-31 event offers...
by Mike Duff | Jan 14, 2022 | Retail Articles
In the 2021 November/December, holiday season retail sales grew 14.1% from those in 2020 to $886.7 billion, the National Retail Federation announced, beating its own forecast and setting a new record despite challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions and the...
