by Chandler Harvey | Mar 3, 2023 | Featured News, The Inspired Home Show 2023
Tony Curtis-Wellings of Faraday’s Kitchen Store in Austin, TX, is always on the lookout for “the new.” The new product. The new selling tactic. The new cooking and eating trend. He has been one of the most enthusiastic, encouraging independent housewares retailers,...
by Mike Duff | Feb 6, 2023 | Retail Articles
In the latest Institute for Supply Management Report On Business, economic activity in the services sector expanded in January after contracting in December following 30 consecutive months of growth. Based on research conducted with purchasing and supply executives,...
by Mike Duff | Jan 18, 2023 | Retail Articles
Executives surveyed by business services provider Deloitte expect inflation to pressure their profit margins in 2023 as six in 10 anticipate inflation raising their operating costs even as other issues, particularly labor loom over the year ahead. Passing higher...
by Mike Duff | Oct 13, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the Institute for Supply Management Report On Business, economic activity in the services sector, which includes retail, grew in September for the 28th month in a row, but the Purchasing Managers’ Index for the sector slipped to 56.7%. Although 0.2 of a...
by Mike Duff | Oct 7, 2022 | Retail Articles
In a more skeptical appraisal, KPMG had a less buoyant forecast for the upcoming holidays than some consumer studies, with executives expecting retail sales growth of 4.2% over the 2021 season, within the historical growth range of 3% to 5% but flat to slightly...
