However, furniture and garden stores saw declines last month
Walmart maintained its top ranking with a robust online marketplace and a range of new financial resources for shoppers
“Consumers’ behavior and spending power are tied to their financial health, and the consumer sector looks good at the moment”
UK retail in the last month seems to be healing from January’s sluggish figures
Most retail categories, including online, saw sinking sales last month
Q3 2023 saw inventories shrink while sales grew
But prices on many tech products will fall, thanks to sector’s deflationary nature
New index signals increased employee attrition
NFCC gauge shows decline in people’s financial distress.
Retailers challenged to attract deal-focused consumers in U.S., Europe and elsewhere
Logistical snarls could put a big damper on holiday sales, study finds
Deloitte study forecasts big uptick for Black Friday/Cyber Monday
Openings and hires down for both sectors heading into holiday season, study finds
Shipping trend reflects retailers’ stocking up earlier this year, NRF finds
Human connections, climate change and AI loom large, market research firm finds
But employment in retail sector remained stagnant in September
Retailers will hire 410,000 seasonal workers, the lowest since 2008, Challenger report concludes
As women revel in the joy of spending on experiences, both big and small, it's about time that retailers consider new ways of reaching them
Higher-income shoppers driving overall optimism about the economy, Saks Luxury Pulse finds
Such a closure would be less severe than debt limit impasse.