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Retail sales
How will Walmart keep its sales growth going?
Feb 18, 2021
The giant retail chain received a big boost from the pandemic, but sales are starting to drop off.
Retail sales jump 5.3%, thanks to $600 stimulus checks
Feb 17, 2021
The $600 stimulus checks got Americans shopping again.
Holiday sales grow by 3%, a much bigger jump than during the last recession
Dec 28, 2020
The 2008 recession hit more broadly, and retailers were stuck with a lot of inventory. This time, retailers had time to plan.
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in 7 months
Dec 16, 2020
It's a sign Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season.
Ikea ditches its catalog, but other retailers are hanging on to them
Dec 8, 2020
Catalogs can grab people’s attention, if only for a moment.
Retailers' holiday sales strategy this year? Fewer, smaller sales
Dec 7, 2020
They're trying to make a profit selling less stuff, but holding the line on prices.
Holiday surge in e-commerce could cause delivery crunch
Nov 27, 2020
It won't be as bad as early in the pandemic, but shoppers should plan ahead.
For public good, not for profit.
Growth in retail sales is slowing. That's a bad sign for the economy
Nov 17, 2020
As goes the U.S. consumer, so goes the U.S. economy.
Retail sales grew a slower-than-expected 0.3% in October
Nov 17, 2020
Retail sales growth slowed even as retailers offered early holiday discounts online and in stores.
Retailers get creative to handle expected crush of online sales
Nov 13, 2020
Walmart is converting 42 warehouses that normally ship products to its stores so they can also fulfill online orders.