Tag: National Retail Federation
Selle aligns Job Lot’s purpose with employees’ needs
2022 C-Suite Awards: Enterprise company | Bob Selle, Ocean State Job Lot chief human resources officer
The job rewards for part-time workers are typically not...
Retail sales up 0.3% in February amid higher prices
NEW YORK – After beginning the year in a buying mood, Americans slowed their spending in February as prices for food, gasoline, toothpaste and...
Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19...
Stores kick off Black Friday but pandemic woes linger
NEW YORK (AP) – Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last...
Retail trade group: holiday sales could set new record
NEW YORK (AP) – The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales gain could shatter last year's record-breaking...
Some independent retailers pay heavier price than others in COVID-19 era
Two hundred feet – about a 60-second walk – separates LuLi Boutique LLC from Frog & Toad LLC in Providence. But the pandemic experiences...
Worthless holiday shopping hype returns
Let’s get this out of the way upfront: Retail sales were not up 16% during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Nor were they up 14%...
When local retailers do well, so does rest of the state
The National Retail Federation is projecting another strong holiday shopping season, with retail sales up between 3.8% and 4.2% over 2018. Many local communities...
U.S. delays China tariffs on some holiday-shopping favorites
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will delay until mid-December the 10% tariff on some Chinese products on many holiday-shopping lists.
By granting a grace period...
U.S. retail sales seen slowing this year as economy cools off
NEW YORK -Â Retail sales growth in the United States is expected to slow down in 2019 amid cooling economic conditions, according to the National...
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