Retail sales

Retail Sales Gain 4.3 Percent In October
Retail Sales Gain 4.3 Percent In October
November 16, 2016  |  Retail

Despite uncertainty about the U.S. election, shoppers didn’t reign in their spending this past October, enabling retail sales for the previous month to top expectations....

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Signs Of Life Appearing In Retail
Signs Of Life Appearing In Retail
October 14, 2016  |  Retail

As regular readers of our weekly bankruptcy tracker can attest, it has been a rough year for much of retail. There have been outliers — Walmart...

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Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople
Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople
October 03, 2016  |  Retail

I was all set to write a very different piece this week. Then I stumbled upon a Newsweek story published on February 26, 1995 titled...

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Retail Sales Down For August, As Bumpy Economic Ride Continues
Retail Sales Down For August, As Bumpy Economic Ride Continues
September 16, 2016  |  Retail

Retail sales were down 0.3 percent for the month of August, the first month of decline since March, as the turbulent economic headwinds that have...

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Retail Sales Increased In June, Beating Wall Street Views
Retail Sales Increased In June, Beating Wall Street Views
July 18, 2016  |  Retail

Retail sales got off to a shaky start this year, but things seem to be turning around for the U.S. retail and food services industries,...

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Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
February 09, 2016  |  eCommerce

“I’m from the government and I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.” That was sort of the email that I got two and a...

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