by Peter Giannetti | Jun 14, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles, Trade Shows & Associations
President Biden is expected to sign into law soon major legislation overhauling ocean shipping and U.S. port regulations. The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed by a vote of 369-42 the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022, the Senate version of a...
by Mike Duff | Jun 10, 2022 | Retail Articles
Inflation gained last month according to the United States Department of Labor, with the Consumer Price Index up 1% from April and 8.6%, a situation that has the National Retail Federation pushing on two issues, tariffs and biofuels. Although observers have cited...
by Mike Duff | Jun 9, 2022 | Retail Articles
As storerunners work to meet steady consumer demand and protect themselves against potential West Coast port disruptions, imports at the nation’s major retail container ports should see near-record volume again this month, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker...
by Mike Duff | Jun 7, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
According to National Retail Federation chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, the United States Federal Reserve faces “a tricky job” in addressing inflation, but ongoing growth in employment, wages and consumer spending make it unlikely the effort will generate a major...
by Mike Duff | May 24, 2022 | Retail Articles
Multiple notable occasions are upcoming, and the retail industry is responding to them with an eye toward celebration. The National Retail Federation expects Father’s Day spending this year to total $20 billion, almost on par with last year’s record-setting figure of...
