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%...
by Mike Duff | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Key economic trends continue to support the view that the 2024 holiday selling season will be solid, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. A near-record 197 million consumers shopped during the key sales period from Thanksgiving...
by Mike Duff | Dec 4, 2024 | Retail Articles
The five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday saw an estimated 197 million active shoppers, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The total is second highest in the poll’s...
