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Foot traffic at retailers soared on Dec. 21, the Saturday before Christmas. Here's a look at the potential winners from the last week of holiday shopping. What Happened: Foot traffic at retailers was up an average of 58% compared to daily averages in 2024, a trend that could see retail stocks...

Mother’s Day 2023 is expected to be a triumph for retailers, as consumers were likely to splurge a record $35.7 billion on gifts to honor the significant women in their lives. What Happened: The $35.7 billion figure, issued by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights &...

Higher inflation has led to people paying more for Halloween costumes and candy for the annual holiday in 2022. That hasn’t stopped people from shelling out hundreds of dollars on costumes and candy. Here's a look at the holiday expectations and five spooky stocks to watch. What...

Halloween will be celebrated on Sunday and could see significant changes from the 2020 event in the middle of a COVID-19 pandemic that saw many cancel parties and plans to trick or treat. Here’s a look at what the data is pointing to for 2021 Halloween spending and five stocks to keep on...

Consumers are preparing to spend “record amounts” for both K-12 and college supplies as students prepare to return to school in-person in the fall, according to a recent National Retail Federation report. What Is Happening: Total spending on back-to-school materials is anticipated to...

This is an excerpt from Thursday's (2/25) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retail sales are expected to grow this year between 6.5% and 8.2%, amounting to more than $4.33 trillion, according to the National Retail Federation's annual sales forecast released...

Welcome to a Black Friday like we’ve never seen before.  Retailers such as Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Target Inc. (NYSE: TGT), and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) that knocked sales out of the park this year are in the spotlight today, and many analysts expect them to do quite well despite all the...

Thanksgiving Week kicks off the most intense portion of the holiday shopping season for retail stocks. There’s no question holiday season 2020 will be like none other, but some experts believe Americans will be buying big this week, and that could be very good news for retail stocks. Holiday...

U.S. weekly rail traffic inched higher sequentially last week as nationwide retail figures and housing starts showed glimmers of increased economic activity. U.S. rail volumes for the week ending June 13 totaled 449,291 carloads and intermodal units, which is 14.9% lower than the same period in...

Shoppers planned to spend an average of about $86 each this Halloween season, between costumes, candy for the youngsters and scary stuff for the yard, according to data from the National Retail Federation. Halloween revelers in the United States will spend about 50 cents less per person on average...

U.S. retail sales were down for the first time in seven months in September, but the move was mostly driven by declines in big-ticket purchases like cars. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales were down 0.3% in September, led by a 0.9% decline in auto sales. It was the first...

The retail sector as a whole performed "great" in the first half of 2018, and the outlook for the full year is even stronger than expected, according to Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation. What Happened Total retail sales were expected to rise between 3.8...

2017 is expected to boast the biggest Halloween spend on record. In a surprising statistic, American men are projected to spend more money on Halloween than women this year. According to a report from Statista, on average, an American male will spend $96 dollars on Halloween this year compared to...

Investors may want to take a second look at Party City Holdco Inc (NYSE: PRTY) ahead of the Halloween season. A total of 179 million Americans are expected to take part in some sort of Halloween related festivity this year, which marks an increase from 171 million last year, the National Retail...

There are two sides to every coin. Even as import-dependent corporations are vociferously opposing President Donald Trump's proposal to impose a border tax, a few others have quietly formed an alliance, seconding the president's proposals. United By Trump's Border Tax A Reuters report published...