Retailers Predict Healthy Holiday Sales Despite Inflation
Economy
Retailers Predict Healthy Holiday Sales Despite Inflation
2022-11-03 21:26:57
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Holiday retail sales during November and December will grow between 6% and 8% compared to last year, and come in somewhere in excess of $942.6 billion despite stubbornly persistent inflation woes, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday.... Read More

White House Action on Supply Chain Bottleneck Seen As First Step To Ending Crisis
Economy
White House Action on Supply Chain Bottleneck Seen As First Step To Ending Crisis
2021-10-14 19:52:46
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- They’ve almost become as ubiquitous as scenes of weathermen and women leaning into the fierce winds of a tropical storm during hurricane season. We refer, of course, to the daily television news footage of a reporter bobbing up... Read More

New Survey Predicts Dismal Outlook for Mom and Pop Shops for the Holidays
Economy
New Survey Predicts Dismal Outlook for Mom and Pop Shops for the Holidays
2020-10-20 19:38:07
by Sara Wilkerson

A new survey released from Alignable, the country’s largest online referral network for small businesses, shows 45% of consumers shifted from shopping at local businesses to purchasing goods from national, online retailers when they were most concerned about COVID. The... Read More

Online Sales Break Black Friday Record as Clicks Beat Queues
In The News
Online Sales Break Black Friday Record as Clicks Beat Queues

NEW YORK — Black Friday hit a record $7.4 billion in U.S. online sales as many shoppers spent the day clicking instead of lining up to buy. It was the second-biggest U.S. online sales day ever, behind 2018 Cyber Monday’s... Read More

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