Total Halloween spending should reach a record $12.2 billion in 2023, exceeding last year’s record of $10.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights and Analytics. A record number of people surveyed, 73%, will...
Despite a slowing economy, retail sales rose in August as parents shopped for school supplies and other goods even as inflation continued and interest rates remained high, according to the National Retail Federation. In citing figures from the United States Census...
In the National Retail Federation’s Monthly Economic Review, NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz stated that the economy is still growing but not as fast as it was earlier this year with some consumers demonstrating a continuing preference but not as strongly as they...
September import cargo volume at major container ports looks to hit the two million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit mark for the second month in a row and remain there in October, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and...
Retail sales reversed their downward trend in July as Amazon Prime Day and major promotions by other brands prompted more shopping while wage increases gave consumers more money to spend, according to the National Retail Federation. The United States Census Bureau has...
