by Mike Duff | Apr 16, 2025 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The United States Census Bureau reported March retail sales grew by 1.4% seasonally adjusted month over month and 4.6% unadjusted year over year as consumers braced for possible rising prices because of tariffs. The March numbers compared with increases of 0.2% month...
by Mike Duff | Apr 10, 2025 | Retail Articles
Middle-income consumers in the United States continue to be more concerned about inflation than other economic issues, which is affecting how they spend their money, according to Primerica’s Financial Security Monitor. In all, 62% of middle-income consumers report...
by Mike Duff | Apr 2, 2025 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation has forecast retail sales in 2025 will grow between 2.7% and 3.7% from 2024 to between $5.42 trillion and $5.48 trillion. The NRF outlook for this year compares with 3.6% annual sales growth to $5.29 trillion dollars in 2024. This...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Amid declining economic and personal financial outlooks for the year’s second half, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell by 7.2 points in March to 92.9, a figure below the 100 mark that divides positive from negative sentiments. The Present...
by Mike Duff | Mar 28, 2025 | Retail Articles
Businesses are aggressively investing in AI across supply chains as a counterweight to inflation and trade volatility, but a growing execution gap threatens to derail their efforts, according to a report by Relex Solutions, which operates a unified platform for...
