by Mike Duff | Feb 14, 2025 | Retail Articles
In the Institute Supply Management ongoing survey of purchasing and supply executives, January came in as the seventh straight month of economic expansion in the services sector. The services Purchasing Managers Index registered 52.8%, down 1.2 points from December’s...
by Chandler Harvey | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Since the original publishing of the following article, the Trump administration confirmed it is imposing a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports and a 10% tariff on goods from China, effective February 1, 2025. Although President Donald Trump’s return to...
by Mike Duff | Dec 16, 2024 | Retail Articles
Economic activity in the services sector expanded for the fifth consecutive month in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s Report on Business, with retail in positive territory. In its survey of purchasing and supply executives in the United...
by Mike Duff | Aug 7, 2024 | Retail Articles
Although the retail industry slipped a bit in July, economic activity in the services sector expanded, according to the latest Institute for Supply Management Report On Business. The Purchasing Managers Index is at 51.4%, which represents sector expansion for the 47th...
by Mike Duff | Jul 23, 2024 | Retail Articles
Economic activity across services industries contracted in June for the second time in the last three months, according to evidence gathered from purchasing and supply executives in the latest Institute for Supply Management Report On Business for the sector. Retail...