by Mike Duff | Feb 2, 2023 | Retail Articles
According to the latest Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management, economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in January for the third consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth. In a poll of supply executives...
by Mike Duff | Jan 9, 2023 | Retail Articles
Although retail gained, economic activity in the services sector contracted in December after 30 consecutive months of growth as the Institute for Supply Management Services Purchasing Managers Index registered 49.6%. In the index, based on a poll of purchasing and...
by Mike Duff | Dec 6, 2022 | Retail Articles
The Institute for Supply Management, in its monthly Report on Business, revealed economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the first time since May 2020 after 29 consecutive months of growth. Still, the institute said, the contraction...
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 | Sep 7, 2022 | Retail Articles
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in August, with the overall economy in the United States achieving a 27th consecutive month of growth, according to the nation’s supply executives polled in the latest Manufacturing Institute for Supply...