by Mike Duff | Apr 3, 2025 | Featured News, Home + Housewares
The National Retail Federation is questioning the broad sweep of tariffs just announced by President Donald Trump and has released results of a survey of registered voters revealing their concerns about the tariffs. David French, National Retail Federation executive...
by Mike Duff | Apr 2, 2025 | Retail Articles
The National Retail Federation has forecast retail sales in 2025 will grow between 2.7% and 3.7% from 2024 to between $5.42 trillion and $5.48 trillion. The NRF outlook for this year compares with 3.6% annual sales growth to $5.29 trillion dollars in 2024. This...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Amid declining economic and personal financial outlooks for the year’s second half, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell by 7.2 points in March to 92.9, a figure below the 100 mark that divides positive from negative sentiments. The Present...
by Peter Giannetti | Mar 21, 2025 | Featured News, Trade Shows & Associations
The International Housewares Association has scheduled a March 27 webinar update on recently imposed and proposed tariffs and related trade issues impacting the home and housewares industry. Registration for the webinar, slated for March 27, 1-2 p.m. CT, is free for...
by Chandler Harvey | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Since the original publishing of the following article, the Trump administration confirmed it is imposing a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports and a 10% tariff on goods from China, effective February 1, 2025. Although President Donald Trump’s return to...
