FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2017, file photo, Jesus Reyes pushes a television down an aisle as he shops at a Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store in Overland ...
On Monday, July 16, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for June. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
Despite months of lackluster performance, department stores posted respectable sales last month as consumer spending rebounded. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Consumers are optimistic about their present and future conditions pertaining to the economy. They like their prospects for employment, ...
Retail sales jumped 0.8 percent in May, the third strong monthly gain in a row following weak performances in January and February. Over the past year, they ...
May sales of new vehicles in the United States rose an estimated 2 percent as low unemployment and strong consumer confidence helped mitigate the impact of ...
A woman shops at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Retail sales are considered a bellwether for momentum in the wider economy, since they account for around 30 per cent of UK household consumption – which in ...
The only positive portion of the retail sales report was in the nonstore sector, as online retailers are benefiting from the stagnation/contraction.
The only positive portion of the retail sales report was in the nonstore sector, as online retailers are benefiting from the stagnation/contraction.
Consumers and small business owners have expressed rising confidence levels about the economy in recent data, with the data jumping significantly since the ...
"Consumer confidence in the US is high," said eMarketer's Yory Wurmser. "With low unemployment and rising wages, the immediate outlook for consumer spending ...
The only positive portion of the retail sales report was in the nonstore sector, as online retailers are benefiting from the stagnation/contraction.
Experts have suggested consumers can have a negative outlook, but it will not change spending habits until they are personally effected.
Second, real, disposable consumer income (what is left after taxes and inflation) is rising at a solid pace as jobs growth continues apace, and as the tax ...
It will be an important week for major economic releases over the next seven days with key indicators due from all the big markets. Inflation and retail ...
The positive news sent sterling up sharply up against the dollar to a two week high of $1.3162. Against the euro the pound jumped to €1.1624.
FILE PHOTO: A customer exits after shopping at a Macy's store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File ...
FILE- In this May 25, 2018, file photo, prices for the three grades of gasoline light up the pump at a Shell station in southeast Denver. U.S. retail sales ...
The first signs that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are impacting economic activity came in retail sales, industrial production, and consumer sentiment data ...
The entire dot-com "cycle" lasted 39 months, including the "jobless recovery" and its effects afterward, compared to this nearly four years of ongoing ...
As of now, retail sales data mostly captures brick-and-mortar spending. Mr Chua believes November's stellar growth was likely driven by smartphone sales, ...
FILE PHOTO - A employee walks by a meat cooler in the grocery section of a Sam's Club during a media tour in Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. on June 5, 2014.
Sales at specialty jewelry stores in the US jumped 4.7% to $3.06 billion in May, according to provisional data recently published by the US Census Bureau.
Household goods stores had a good November, with a number of businesses saying that Black Friday promotions boosted sales,” said Rhian Murphy of the ONS.
FILE PHOTO: A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sign is seen at the U.S. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Store employee helps a customer with his purchase during the Black Friday sales event on Thanksgiving Day at Target in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 24, ...
Photo: Consumer confidence has risen to 103.3 points, meaning optimists outnumber pessimists. (AAP: Joel Carrett)
According to the ABS, the main reason behind the gain in August was a surge in department store sales which jumped 3.5%. They had previously fallen by 5.8% ...
The country's increased business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce was powered by a 25% gain in sales of products to €11.01 billion ($12.18 billion), ...
FILE PHOTO - Cars are seen in a parking lot in Palm Springs, California, U.S. on April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
As a result of the strong February increase and upward revision to January's data, the annual increase in sales rose from 2.1% to 3%, the fastest increase ...
After posting a decline in April, The Conference Board' Consumer Confidence Index increased moderately this month.