by Mike Duff | Sep 8, 2023 | Retail Articles
September import cargo volume at major container ports looks to hit the two million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit mark for the second month in a row and remain there in October, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and...
by Mike Duff | Aug 15, 2023 | Retail Articles
Retail sales reversed their downward trend in July as Amazon Prime Day and major promotions by other brands prompted more shopping while wage increases gave consumers more money to spend, according to the National Retail Federation. The United States Census Bureau has...
by Mike Duff | Aug 11, 2023 | Retail Articles
Consumer spending growth is slowing as the economy settles down amid higher interest rates intended to reduce inflation, National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz noted in the August NRF Monthly Economic Review. He pointed out that gross domestic...
by Mike Duff | Aug 7, 2023 | Retail Articles
The Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates forecasts August import cargo volume at the main container ports around the United States should reach the highest monthly reading in almost a year as retailers...
by Mike Duff | Jul 25, 2023 | Retail Articles
The United Parcel Service has announced that it had reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 330,000 UPS employees in the United States. The five-year agreement covers U.S....
