Drill down into the Census Bureau’s October retail and food sales report, specifically into a spending category called nonstore retailers — basically an antiquated term for...
Four days into November, and already the holiday emails are flooding inboxes — even though Black Friday is just under four weeks away. Multiple holiday shopping...
Ahead of the holiday shopping season, payments network Affirm is upgrading its app. The company, known for its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, now provides...
Apple’s launch of its artificial intelligence features on Monday (Oct. 28) marks more than just an upgrade to Siri. Industry experts say it could reshape how...
September’s retail sales data showed a (slight) acceleration of spending from August, though we’re well off past peaks. And speaking of past peaks — looking at...
Preventing Hongkongers from spending their cash in mainland China would be an unrealistic and inappropriate move, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said, arguing the city...
UK retail sales enjoyed a robust performance in August, with volumes rising by 1%, surpassing economists’ forecasts, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The...
In August, retail sales were up more than 2% from the same time last year. A big part of that was thanks to online shopping, which...
As the holidays are right around the corner, retail sales are likely to increase between 2.3% and 3.3% from 2023, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail...
Walmart is known for low prices, blue vests and cavernous suburban stores — not exactly stomping grounds for high fashion. But the store, once again, is...
The University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment rose to 67.8 in a preliminary August reading, up from 66.4 in the prior month, marking the first...
Economists at Goldman Sachs have lowered the likelihood of a U.S. recession. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Aug. 17), the banking giant now gives an economic...