by Mike Duff | Jan 8, 2025 | Retail Articles
Economic growth has withstood inflation, high interest rates and other challenges in 2024 and should remain strong in 2025, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. In speaking as part of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, Kleinhenz said...
by Mike Duff | Dec 18, 2024 | Retail Articles
Data released by the United States Census Bureau indicated solid retail sales continued as the holiday season officially got underway in November, according to the National Retail Federation. In commenting on the Census Bureau data, NRF noted overall retail sales in...
by Mike Duff | Dec 17, 2024 | Retail Articles
Right around 157.2 million consumers plan to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas, Super Saturday, according to an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, up from 141.9 million on the date in 2023. The total...
by Mike Duff | Dec 11, 2024 | Retail Articles
Moderate retail sales growth continued through November even as two of the holiday season’s busiest shopping days, including Cyber Monday, shifted into December, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor. Total retail sales, excluding automobiles and gasoline, grew...
by Mike Duff | Dec 10, 2024 | Retail Articles
With a potential strike and the possibility of new tariff impositions by the United States looming, Global Port Tracker reported U.S. ports handled 2.25 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units, one 20-foot container or its equivalent, in October. That figure is down 1.2%...
