Retail Sales

July retail sales are mixed, reports Commerce and NRF

Tuesday, August 17, 2021 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that July retail sales—at $617.7 billion—were off 1.1% compared to June’s revised $624.7 billion and topped July 2020 by 15.8%. And it added that total retail sales from May through July saw a 20.6% annual increase.

February retail sales see a slight decline but remain in the right direction

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 · Jeff Berman
Commerce reported that February retail sales—at $561.7 billion—fell 3.0%, from January to February, with a 6.0% annual increase. NRF's data pointed to pointed to a 3.4% seasonally-adjusted decrease, from January, and a 7.1% unadjusted annual gain.

NRF releases 2020 holiday sales forecast projections

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 · Jeff Berman
NRF is bullish about things being strong on the holiday sales front, calling for an expected 3.6%-to-5.2% annual gain, to between $755.3 billion and $766.7 billion in total sales. In 2019, total U.S. holiday retail sales saw a 4% annual gain, to $729.1 billion, with holiday…

Commerce and NRF report retail sales see solid increases in September

Friday, October 16, 2020 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that retail trade sales saw a 1.9% gain, from August to September, and rose 8.2% annually. And NRF pointed to September retail sales, which were paced by apparel, continuing a V-shaped recovery from the pandemic, with sales growing for the fourth consecutive…

Commerce reports U.S. retail sales are mixed in February

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 · SCMR Staff
Total retail sales—at $528.1 billion—were down 0.5% compared to January's $530.9 billion, which was revised, and were up 4.3% compared to February 2019. Commerce said that total retail sales, from December 2019 through February 2020, rose 4.9% compared to the same…

January retail sales see gains to start 2020, reports NRF and Commerce

Friday, February 14, 2020 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that January retail sales—at $529.8 billion—were 0.2% ahead of December's revised $528.4 billion and were up 0.3% annually. NRF reported that January retail sales rose 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis over December and were up 2.7% unadjusted on…

Retail sales are up in June, says Commerce and NRF

Thursday, August 15, 2019 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported the July retail sales­­, at $523.5 billion, were up 0.7% over June and up 3.4% annually, and the NRF reported that July retail sales increased 0.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 5.6% on an unadjusted annual basis.

Retail sales see June gains, reports Commerce and NRF

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that June retail sales, at $519.9 billion, were up 0.4% compared to May and up 3.4% compared to June 2018. NRF reported that June retail sales were up 0.6% in June on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to May, and up 2.3% annually on an unadjusted basis.

NRF and Commerce data show gains for May retail sales

Friday, June 14, 2019 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that May retail sales, at $519.0 billion, were up 0.5% compared to April and up 3.2% annually. NRF reported that May retail sales were up 0.5% in May on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to April, and up 3.2% annually on an unadjusted basis.

Many e-tail questions, few answers

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · Robert C. Lieb
Online retailing is changing how consumers shop and how supply chains fill their orders. What that all means for the future is anyone's guess.

NRF and Commerce data point to mixed February retail sales

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that February retail sales dipped 0.1% from January to February at $492.0 billion, while seeing a 4.0% annual gain. NRF reported that its retail sales data, which excludes automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, saw a 0.3% seasonally adjusted gain from…

Waterborne Imports on Rise, Says Panjiva

Friday, April 14, 2017 · Jeff Berman
Data recently issued by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers showed that United States-bound waterborne imports saw a nice recovery in March from a sluggish February.

Supply Chain Holiday Sales Forecast Looks Promising

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 · Jeff Berman
The National Retail Federation has issued a positive forecast for Holiday Sales.

April retail sales rebound from sluggish first quarter

Friday, May 13, 2016 · Jeff Berman
Coming off of a very sluggish first quarter, retail sales in the month of April showed somewhat of a bounce back in tandem with signs of spring, according to data issued today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation.

“Amazon Effect” Noted in Recent JLL Report on Warehousing

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 · Jeff Berman
U.S. industrial vacancy at 6.3 percent is at a 15-year low and is lower than the previous cycle's low point of 7.4 percent in 2007
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