by Mike Duff | Jan 8, 2025 | Retail Articles
Economic growth has withstood inflation, high interest rates and other challenges in 2024 and should remain strong in 2025, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. In speaking as part of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, Kleinhenz said...
by Mike Duff | Jun 7, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
According to National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, the United States Federal Reserve faces “a tricky job” in addressing inflation, but ongoing growth in employment, wages and consumer spending make it unlikely the effort will generate a major...
by Mike Duff | May 17, 2022 | Retail Articles
Despite a stronger than expected sales gain in the first fiscal quarter, Walmart missed a Wall Street analyst consensus estimate on income as inflation, a temporary labor imbalance and supply chain costs took dollars off the bottom line. Walmart posted company net...
by Peter Giannetti | Sep 2, 2021 | Home Storage & Organization, Organization & Cleaning
Honey-Can-Do International, a Berkeley, Illinois-based supplier of storage and organization products, announced it raised its minimum wage on warehouse workers to $15.50 per hour, effective immediately. In addition to raising the wages of those previously below that...
