by Mike Duff | Aug 9, 2022 | Retail Articles
After a record-setting spring, imports at the major container ports across the United States should slow significantly for the remainder of the year, but 2022 still looks to see a net gain in container flow over 2021 according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report...
by Mike Duff | Aug 8, 2022 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation’s Hot 25 list, developed with market research and consulting firm Kantar, and analyzing 2021 sales results, gives an indication of which storerunners made initial progress in emerging from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, any...
by Mike Duff | Aug 3, 2022 | Retail Articles
Despite two consecutive quarters of decline, the United States economy doesn’t appear to be in a recession and remains unlikely to enter one this year, NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz stated. He commented in the August issue of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, which...
by Mike Duff | Jul 15, 2022 | Retail Articles
In the face of ongoing elevated inflation, 38% of back-to-school shoppers are cutting back on other kinds of spending as they get ready for the return to the classroom, according to an annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights...
by Mike Duff | Jun 15, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the National Retail Federation, May sales results wavered when compared to April as consumers faced continuing inflation including higher prices for essentials such as food and gasoline. The United States Census Bureau has announced that retail sales in...
