by Mike Duff | Dec 4, 2023 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index gained in November to 102, up from a downwardly revised 99.1 in October, above the 100 breakeven between a negative or positive sentiment about the economy. The Present Situation Index, based on consumers’ assessment of...
by Mike Duff | Jul 31, 2023 | Retail Articles
Consumer confidence in the United States improved again in July, according to the ongoing study by The Conference Board, and stands at its highest level in two years. In an adjunct to the main results, the Conference Board indicated that 23.3% of consumers plan to...
by Mike Duff | Oct 11, 2022 | Retail Articles
With its forecast impacted by an Amazon promotion it expects will draw considerable purchasing into October, Adobe stated that it expects online holiday-period sales in the United States to grow just 2.5% year over year, reaching $209.7 billion. Over the November 1 to...
by Mike Duff | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Economic growth in the United States has slowed, but it still isn’t clear if the nation is in a recession, National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz asserted in a monthly NRF review. The emergence of conflicting data on whether the U.S. economy grew or...
by Mike Duff | Feb 8, 2022 | Retail Articles
The United States appears to be at the midpoint of an economic cycle that should continue to see growth even as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to control inflation, according to National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz. Just as it released...