by Mike Duff | Feb 17, 2022 | Retail Articles
Despite pressure from the COVID-19 Omicron variant, inflation and even weather on the shopping public, retail sales had a solid January, according to the National Retail Federation. Based on numbers released by the United States Census Bureau, NRF retail sales...
by Mike Duff | Feb 1, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to the latest edition of an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, Valentine’s Day spending should reach $23.9 billion this year, up from $21.8 billion in 2021 and the second-highest total on record. ...
by Mike Duff | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
In a presentation at NRF 2022: Retail’s Big Show, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry revealed the five retail trends she believes are critical to Best Buy and the market in which it competes. The National Retail Federation reported in a blog post that, as part of a session...
by Mike Duff | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation’s newly elected board chair John Furner, Walmart U.S. president and CEO, told participants in NRF’s annual Big Show that retail needs to understand today’s consumers as looking at the range of shopping options available and choosing what...
by Mike Duff | Jan 14, 2022 | Retail Articles
In the 2021 November/December, holiday season retail sales grew 14.1% from those in 2020 to $886.7 billion, the National Retail Federation announced, beating its own forecast and setting a new record despite challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions and the...
