by Mike Duff | Oct 31, 2023 | Retail Articles
In its annual holiday forecast, payments provider Blackhawk Network stated that spending on the festive season will gain a modest 3%, with gift cards getting a more significant piece of the holiday pie. According to Blackhawk, consumers will spend 43% of their holiday...
by Mike Duff | Feb 6, 2023 | Retail Articles
In association with the February issue release of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz maintained that a recession is unlikely in the immediate future and the United States economy should see slight growth in 2023 as...
by Mike Duff | Jan 18, 2023 | Retail Articles
With consumers pressured by economic uncertainty, higher interest and inflation eroding their incomes, retail sales during 2022’s November-December holiday season grew 5.3% over the 2021 period to $936.3 billion but fell short of the National Retail Federation’s...
by Mike Duff | Jan 11, 2023 | Retail Articles
In the 2022 holiday season, which includes the first two months of the company’s fiscal fourth quarter, Kirkland’s comparable sales fell 5.5% versus the same period a year earlier, the company announced. Comps were flat in November 2022 but slipped 11% in...
by Mike Duff | Dec 14, 2022 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation expects more than 158 million consumers to shop on Super Saturday this year, 10 million more than on the comparable pre-holiday day in 2021. This year, December 17 has been tabbed by retail observers as Super Saturday, the final...
