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Josh Schafer. August 15, 2024 at 8:32 AM. Retail sales surpassed Wall Street's estimates in July, easing concerns of a significant slowdown in the US economy. Retail sales rose 1% in July ...
Excluding that category, retail sales were up by a still-strong 0.4% in July from June. Retail spending on electronics and at grocery stores also rose robustly last month, up by 1.6% and 1% ...
U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in July as Americans boosted online purchases and dined out more, suggesting the economy continued to expand early in the third quarter and keeping a ...
Sales at gas stations declined the most last month, dropping 3% from May. Spending at car dealerships and on automotive parts also fell markedly in June, reflecting the cyberattack on CDK Global ...
Pop-up retail. Pop-up retail, also known as pop-up store ( pop-up shop in the UK, Australia and Ireland) or flash retailing, is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces that last for days to weeks before closing down, often to catch onto a fad or scheduled event. The modern trend of pop-up retail started in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, and ...
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit. Retailers are the final link in the supply ...
Retail sales increased 2.3% on a year-on-year basis in June. Momentum has, however, slowed from the 7.7% gain logged in January 2023. After a period of high inflation, households are trading down ...
Closeout (sale) A closeout or clearance sale ( closing down sale in the United Kingdom [1]) is a discount sale of inventory either by retail or wholesale. It may be that a product is not selling well, or that the retailer is closing because of relocation, a fire (a fire sale ), over-ordering, or especially because of bankruptcy. [2]