hobby stores

Spending at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book stores was down 0.5% from the month before. That’s after rising pretty steadily most of the year.

The National Retail Hobby Stores Association said that all of its members are seeing cost increases related to tariffs.

Commerce Department data shows retail sales for sporting goods, hobby, instrument and book stores were down 5.4% in April compared to a year ago. Sales for garden equipment and supplies were down too.