by Mike Duff | Feb 17, 2022 | Retail Articles
Despite pressure from the COVID-19 Omicron variant, inflation and even weather on the shopping public, retail sales had a solid January, according to the National Retail Federation. Based on numbers released by the United States Census Bureau, NRF retail sales...
by Mike Duff | Feb 14, 2022 | Retail Articles
Consumers shopping for Valentine’s Day have shown a propensity for returning to pre-pandemic behaviors, according to market research firm Numerator, but many folks still want to celebrate by cooking at home. Pandemic-related behaviors cooking at home and ordering...
by Mike Duff | Feb 4, 2022 | Retail Articles
Amazon posted big profits in the fourth quarter but not from retail sales, which suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain and labor woes that the company is addressing, but in part, by raising the fee it charges for Prime membership. Operating income turned...
by Mike Duff | Feb 1, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the latest edition of an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, Valentine’s Day spending should reach $23.9 billion this year, up from $21.8 billion in 2021 and the second-highest total on record. ...
by Mike Duff | Jan 26, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the Deloitte 2022 Retail Industry Outlook, the pandemic has created the chance for a long-overdue retail reset that may help move many companies into a more stable, and profitable position. To achieve that, retailers will have to balance near-term...
