by - June 11, 2026 11:20 am
Retail sales rose 7.19% in May, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), better than the 5.73% gain in April. For the first five months of 2026, retail sales rose…
by - November 12, 2025 12:23 pm
Consumer spending on retail goods in October increased by 5% from a year ago. On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.6%, according to the National Retail Federation’s monthly…
by - November 11, 2025 5:56 pm
Retail traffic has remained unpredictable, mirroring economic uncertainty and consumer price sensitivity. Consumer behaviors continue to shift, and a bifurcation widens across income demographics, according to data from Placer.ai. The…
by - September 15, 2025 10:07 am
Back-to-school shopping and purchases made to get ahead of potential tariff impacts pushed retail spending up 6.81% in August compared with August 2024, according to the National Retail Federation Retail…
by - October 18, 2024 8:59 am
Consumer spending dipped in September with the retail sales of goods up 0.55% from a year ago, and down 0.32% from the prior month, according to a recent National Retail…
by - September 17, 2024 3:14 pm
Consumer spending in August ticked higher and pushed overall retail sales – excluding automobiles and fuel – up 2.11% from a year ago. Core retail sales that also exclude restaurants…
by - March 20, 2024 4:16 pm
Consumer retail spending is estimated at $5.23 trillion in 2024, excluding automobiles and fuel, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). The trade group expects sales growth between 2.5% and…
by - October 17, 2023 5:20 pm
Retail sales rose 0.7% in September from the previous month, better than the 0.3% that was expected because of higher interest rates and concerns over a weakening economy, according to…
by - June 16, 2022 2:08 pm
According to a survey by management and analytics firm Tango, with consumer spending expected to rebound after two years of pandemic disruptions, inflation threatens to inhibit the critical consumer impact…
by - December 9, 2020 4:45 pm
Consumer spending crept upward again in October but personal income fell due to the decline of government payments, according to the monthly update issued by the Bureau of Economic Analysis….
by - November 2, 2020 9:46 am
The U.S. has been in a deep recession since February and was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March. Shutdowns devastated consumer spending, but there are signs of…
by - May 7, 2020 4:34 pm
One of the leading indicators of economic health – consumer spending – took a historic hit as the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold in March. In the 61 years since…
by - February 23, 2017 11:33 am
William Dudley, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has a theory as to why consumers have not spent more of the money they have saved…
by - December 8, 2016 3:12 pm
American consumers cast positive votes about the economy each time they reach for a credit card to make purchases, and that reach totaled more than $21.8 billion in the third…
by - November 28, 2016 8:43 am
Consumers logged online and spent a record $24.52 billion between Nov. 1 through Black Friday (Nov. 25), up 12% from the same period in 2015, according to comScore. “After a…
by - July 26, 2016 6:05 pm
Estimates suggest that retailers from Wal-Mart Stores to local shops will see $75.8 billion spent by U.S. consumers, up 11.47% from 2015, during the back-to-school season, according to the National…
by - December 1, 2015 3:00 pm
It’s been more than five years since the recession of 2008 and 2009 officially ended, but consumer spending patterns across Arkansas remain muted compared to the rest of the nation….
by - November 30, 2015 10:24 pm
Relentless rain in many parts of the U.S. and an icy mess from the Texas Panhandle to South Dakota didn’t stop consumers from seeking promised bargains in stores and online…
by - July 15, 2014 5:31 pm
Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the nation’s gross domestic product, remains fickle as signs still point to timid behavior despite heavy promotional activity from retailers. And consumer activity is…
by - December 11, 2013 12:01 pm
First Data Corporation, a large electronic payments processing company, reports softer spending patterns among consumers so far this holiday season. The report released Wednesday (Dec. 11) found overall retail spending…
