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Retail sales figures are flat but a deeper dive shows consumer resilience
Jul 16, 2024
Spending in many sectors, like furniture and online shopping, was strong. Falling prices also depressed the top line numbers in some categories.
Shoppers have been feeling pretty meh. But that could move the Fed to start cutting interest rates.
by
Henry Epp
Jul 15, 2024
One wild card: back-to-school shopping.
Retail sales figures suggest consumers are pulling back
May 15, 2024
The latest figures, for April, suggest that rising prices, high interest rates and depleted pandemic savings may finally be weighing on spending.
Retail sales climbed to a higher-than-expected 0.7% in March
Apr 15, 2024
Consumers are still spending, but that looks a little different now than it has the past few years.
The problem of "sameness"
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jan 31, 2024
Why department stores struggle to retain relevancy.
Retailers are stuck in a cycle of constant sales
Jan 17, 2024
Once consumers adjust to a 24/7 promotion environment, it hard for companies to stop.
Non-store retail sales grew more than 10% since last November
Dec 14, 2023
$1.2 trillion was spent outside of brick-and-mortar stores this year — much of it online. Here's some of the trends shaping e-commerce spending.
For public good, not for profit.
What counts as "discretionary" spending?
Nov 15, 2023
Shoppers have been pulling back on "discretionary" spending at retailers.
Retail group predicts record holiday spending
Nov 3, 2023
The National Retail Federation predicts at least $957 billion in sales this holiday season. But that might not mean everyone is splurging.
Did retail sales grow because we bought more stuff, or did the stuff get more expensive?
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Justin Ho
Oct 17, 2023
The way the Census Bureau calculates its retail sales data wasn't an issue until prices started rising a couple years back.