by Mike Duff | Aug 26, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
When it comes to dollars and cents, and inflation, eating at home is the less expensive option and one more consumers are preferring, according to a study by the recently merged Information Resources, Inc. and The NPD Group, which provides some evidence that...
by Mike Duff | Jul 7, 2022 | Retail Articles
The latest Institute for Supply Management Services Business Survey Committee report notes that economic activity in the services sector, including retail, grew in June for the 25th month in a row. The ongoing survey of purchasing and supply executives registered a...
by Mike Duff | Jun 9, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the Institute for Supply Management, economic activity in the services sector grew in May for the 24th month in a row with the Services Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 55.9%, above the 50% gain/decline line. Retail, however, didn’t fare...
by Mike Duff | Apr 15, 2022 | Retail Articles
Retail sales grew in March, according to the National Retail Federation, even as inflation and other macroeconomic and political events weighed on consumers. Based on just-released United States Census Bureau figures, NRF stated that overall retail sales in March...
by Chandler Harvey | Apr 12, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Housewares retailers and suppliers should reconsider the use of market research as a fundamental part of their business and make efforts to better understand where critical information resides and review it regularly. Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf, the founder of Project...