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....
by Mike Duff | Sep 10, 2025 | Retail Articles
After a peak this summer that approached a record, import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports looks to steadily decline through year’s end amid rising tariffs, according to the Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett...
