by Mike Duff | Jul 11, 2022 | Retail Articles
Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, determined that consumer retail spending in the United States, excluding automotive, advanced 9.5% year-over-year in June while retail sales excluding auto and gas...
by Mike Duff | Jun 13, 2022 | Retail Articles
Inflation is a bigger concern than COVID-19 for Father’s Day shoppers according to a survey conducted by Numerator. In the survey, 61% of consumers said they expected inflation to have an effect on their plans versus 36% who said they expected the pandemic to have an...
by Mike Duff | Apr 19, 2022 | Retail Articles
Inflation gained in March according to market researcher Numerator, but the impact differs across product and consumer segments. For example, March grocery prices were up 11% versus the month a year earlier in contrast to February up 10.3% year-over-year. Prices for...
by Chandler Harvey | Apr 19, 2022 | Food Storage, Home + Housewares, Retail Articles
Kroger has partnered with PackIt, known for its cooling technology in lunch bags, to use PackIt’s Fresh Freezable EcoFreeze Totes to keep curbside pickup and delivery orders fresh for customers. The PackIt Fresh mobile refrigeration system was designed to create...
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...
