by Mike Duff | Apr 15, 2025 | Retail Articles
Market researcher Numerator conducted two surveys of representative households in the United States regarding economic uncertainty and a majority across the political spectrum expressed apprehensions about tariffs, recession and stock market volatility. The findings...
by Chandler Harvey | Apr 11, 2025 | Featured News, Trade Shows & Associations
The International Housewares Association (IHA), in the latest of several initiatives by the association addressing tariff developments, sent an email to its U.S. supplier members providing access to an online platform through which they can direct a letter to...
by Mike Duff | Apr 3, 2025 | Featured News, Home + Housewares
The National Retail Federation is questioning the broad sweep of tariffs just announced by President Donald Trump and has released results of a survey of registered voters revealing their concerns about the tariffs. David French, National Retail Federation executive...
by Mike Duff | Apr 2, 2025 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation has forecast retail sales in 2025 will grow between 2.7% and 3.7% from 2024 to between $5.42 trillion and $5.48 trillion. The NRF outlook for this year compares with 3.6% annual sales growth to $5.29 trillion dollars in 2024. This...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Amid declining economic and personal financial outlooks for the year’s second half, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell by 7.2 points in March to 92.9, a figure below the 100 mark that divides positive from negative sentiments. The Present...
