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...
by Mike Duff | Jan 10, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports should return to normal growth rates in 2022, but volumes will remain high, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. Besides the prospect of...
by Mike Duff | Dec 17, 2021 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Retail sales continued growing in November, according to the National Retail Federation, putting the 2021 holiday season on a home stretch for record spending despite inflation, supply chain disruptions and COVID-19. NRF cited United States Census Bureau today figures...
by Mike Duff | Nov 4, 2021 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation expressed confidence in its forecast for record holiday season growth, but the organization is looking at the long-term and the health of infrastructure in the United States. “There are several factors coming together to have a major...
by Mike Duff | Oct 27, 2021 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Despite headwinds including supply chain challenges, labor shortages and inflation, National Retail Federation president Matthew Shay said in a press event introducing the NRF holiday forecast that “very, very strong” momentum based on consumer spending has the...