The National Retail Federation expects consumers to spend $25.9 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, up from $23.9 billion in 2022. In its annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, 52% of respondents said...
With consumers pressured by economic uncertainty, higher interest and inflation eroding their incomes, retail sales during 2022’s November-December holiday season grew 5.3% over the 2021 period to $936.3 billion but fell short of the National Retail Federation’s...
The economy is at a critical juncture with recession a possibility, if not a certainty, National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz stated in the NRF Monthly Economic Review. The United States Federal Reserve’s efforts to reduce inflation may not trigger...
A report released by the National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail indicates that consumers will return about $816 billion worth of retail merchandise purchased in 2022, but added that the average rate of return has remained just about flat at 16.5% versus 16.6%...
After a surge of early holiday shopping during a promotion-filled October, November retail sales slipped month over month but still saw solid year-over-year gains, the National Retail Federation announced. NRF’s calculation of retail sales, based on United States...