Retail sales

Retail Sales Fell 1.2 Pct In December To $505.8B
Retail Sales Fell 1.2 Pct In December To $505.8B
February 14, 2019  |  Retail

As consumers contained their spending at the end of 2018, a consumer spending indicator posted its biggest decline in a decade. Retail sales fell by...

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Record Retail Spending Expected This Valentine’s Day
Record Retail Spending Expected This Valentine’s Day
February 08, 2019  |  Retail

A recent survey showed that retailers are going to get some love on Valentine’s Day, according to reports. The annual survey by the National Retail...

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NRF Expects Retail Sales To Reach $3.8T In 2019
NRF Expects Retail Sales To Reach $3.8T In 2019
February 06, 2019  |  Retail

The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that retail sales this year will increase between 3.8 percent and 4.4 percent to reach more than $3.8 trillion,...

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Amazon SMB Sellers Topping $1M In Sales Grow By 20 Pct In 2018
Amazon SMB Sellers Topping $1M In Sales Grow By 20 Pct In 2018
January 18, 2019  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon Stores, a program that lets Amazon sellers curate pages for their brands and products, has helped more than 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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Why The Physical Store Model Is Dead
Why The Physical Store Model Is Dead
January 14, 2019  |  Payment Methods

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a...

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Retail Sales Jump By 5.1 Percent Over The Holidays
Retail Sales Jump By 5.1 Percent Over The Holidays
December 26, 2018  |  Retail

Amid the holiday season, total retail sales in the United States jumped by 5.1 percent from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 compared to the prior...

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Amazon Cyber Monday Sales Hit New Record
Amazon Cyber Monday Sales Hit New Record
November 27, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon announced Tuesday (Nov. 27) that this year’s Cyber Monday was the single biggest shopping day in the company’s history, with more products ordered across...

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Today In Data: Why Convenience Is King In The Digital Age
Today In Data: Why Convenience Is King In The Digital Age
October 16, 2018  |  Today In Data

While pricing is the battleground retailers often prefer to fight on, the race to the bottom isn’t really the way to consumers’ hearts. Price has...

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Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
October 15, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a new smartphone forecast and Alexa’s ambition...

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