by Mike Duff | May 18, 2023 | Retail Articles
Unseasonable weather was a contributing factor to the first sales and profit decline at Ace Hardware Corp. in more than six years, the cooperative asserted. In the first quarter, Ace recorded net income of $66.2 million, a decrease of 44.7% or $53.6 million, from the...
by Mike Duff | May 16, 2023 | Retail Articles
Economic activity in the services sector expanded in April for the fourth consecutive month as the Institute for Supply Chain Management Services Purchasing Managers Index, based on a poll of purchasing and supply executives in the United States, grew to 51.9%. Retail...
by Mike Duff | Apr 14, 2023 | Retail Articles
As inflation eased at winter’s end, retail sales slowed in March, but spending was still higher than at the same time last year, according to the National Retail Federation. The United States Census Bureau announced that overall retail sales in March slipped 1%...
by Chandler Harvey | Mar 3, 2023 | Featured News, The Inspired Home Show 2023
Tony Curtis-Wellings of Faraday’s Kitchen Store in Austin, TX, is always on the lookout for “the new.” The new product. The new selling tactic. The new cooking and eating trend. He has been one of the most enthusiastic, encouraging independent housewares retailers,...
by Mike Duff | Feb 6, 2023 | Retail Articles
In the latest Institute for Supply Management Report On Business, economic activity in the services sector expanded in January after contracting in December following 30 consecutive months of growth. Based on research conducted with purchasing and supply executives,...
