by Mike Duff | Oct 22, 2026 | Retail Articles
Economic activity in the services sector continued to expand in September, with retail gaining, even if overall services activity ticked down month over month, according to purchasing and supply executives polled by the Institute for Supply Management. The...
by Mike Duff | Sep 9, 2026 | Retail Articles
Economic activity in the services sector continued to expand in August with some help from retail, according to the Institute for Supply Management poll of purchasing and supply executives in the United States. The ISM Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was up from July...
by Mike Duff | Aug 14, 2026 | Retail Articles
Retail led gains in the services sector in the July Services Purchasing Managers’ Index from the Institute for Supply Management, as overall economic activity in the sector rose slightly. The Services PMI registered 54.1%, up 0.1 percentage point from June and...
by Mike Duff | Jul 28, 2026 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the United States slipped 0.2% in June 2026 to 99.1 following a 0.1% increase in May. The LEI is down by only 0.3% over the first half of 2026, the Conference Board pointed out, a much smaller rate of decline than...
by Mike Duff | Jul 15, 2026 | Featured News, Retail Articles
As companies shift toward balancing cost efficiency and supply chain resilience, most remain unprepared to manage ongoing disruption, new research from Institute for Supply Management and Amazon Business indicated. Although 71% of companies and other organizations...
