by Mike Duff | Oct 16, 2025 | Retail Articles
Consumers plan to spend $890.49 per person on average this year on holiday gifts, food, decorations and related seasonal items while seeking value, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual holiday survey. The total is the second-highest in the survey’s...
by Mike Duff | Oct 10, 2025 | Retail Articles
Retail sales stumbled in September on a monthly basis but still gained year over year as consumers took a shopping breather between the back-to-school and holiday seasons, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor. Total retail sales, excluding automobiles and gasoline...
by Mike Duff | Oct 9, 2025 | Retail Articles
Monthly import cargo volume at the major container ports in the United States looks to fall substantially for the remainder of 2025 with most holiday merchandise already landed and tariffs continuing to rise, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the...
by Mike Duff | Sep 19, 2025 | Retail Articles
A National Retail Federation survey found Halloween spending is likely to reach a record $13.1 billion this year, compared to $11.6 billion in 2024 and the previous record of $12.2 billion in 2023. In the survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics,...
by Mike Duff | Sep 12, 2025 | Retail Articles
Retail spending continued to grow in August as consumers stocked up on school supplies and tried to get ahead of rising tariffs that already might be affecting prices, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor report released by the National Retail Federation....
