New data on retail sales today that gave a sense of all-important consumer spending as we head into the heart of the holiday shopping season. There was a whole bunch of data this morning that had been ...

Sarina Trangle started as a corporate news reporter in October 2024. She previously spent four years on the business desk at Newsday, covering the health industry, commercial real estate and cannabis.

US retail sales showed surprising strength during the back-to-school season – a sign that Trump’s tariffs haven’t yet cowed shoppers as the Federal Reserve weighs a decision on cutting rates.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in August as consumers bought a range of goods and dined out, but a weakening labor market and rising prices because of tariffs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. American consumers defied expectations in June – typically ...

U.S. retail sales slumped in January by the most in nearly two years, indicating an abrupt pullback by consumers after a spending spree in the closing months of 2024. The value of retail purchases, ...

US retail sales posted solid advances in consecutive months for the first time this year, tempering concerns of a retrenchment in spending as consumers remain unsettled by the potential for ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Auto vehicle and parts dealers, which is the largest ...

US retail sales rose in July in a broad-based advance and the prior month was revised higher, though economists were cautious on the trend going forward given a softening jobs market and weaker ...

Holiday sales in 2024 beat some expectations and missed others, an indication that retailers may be able to look forward to something that has eluded them since the pandemic lockdown of 2020: an ...