Tag: National Retail Federation
Business groups urge Congress to block potential rail strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Business groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in...
Inflation hovers over holiday season shoppers
NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers returned to familiar holiday shopping patterns but were weighed down by inflation this Black Friday after two seasons marked...
Retail trade group: Holiday sales to slow from last year’s blistering...
NEW YORK (AP) – The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects holiday sales growth will slow to a range of...
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%...
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