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May Retail Apparel Prices Rise 1.2% Under Inflation Cloud
Over the past year, the CPI increased 5 percent, the largest yearly hike since a 5.4 percent increase for the…
Consumer Spending on Apparel Slips as Stimulus Funds Slow
Spending at clothing and clothing accessory stores was down 5.1 percent month-over-month, as aid from…
Retail Apparel Prices Were Back On the Rise in April
The overall CPI increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent in April after rising 0.6 percent in March, BLS…
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Why Retail Apparel Prices Fell Again in March
Women's wear prices fell 2.1 percent in March from February, with disparities by category seemingly based on…
Retail Apparel Prices Fall Back in February
Price declines were seen in men's, girls' and boy's apparel, and infants and toddlers clothing, with only…
US Retail Apparel Prices Jumped 2.2% to Get the Year Going
Children's wear led the way, with price increases of 6.2 percent in girls' apparel and 3.4 percent in boys'…
Power Shift: Apparel Prices Up in Normally Promotional December
The overall CPI increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in December after rising 0.2 percent in November.
Retail Apparel Prices Rose in November, Breaking Two-Month Slide
The retail price increase was seen in all sectors except women's apparel, which posted a 0.6 percent decline…
Retail Apparel Prices Fall Again in October, as Overall CPI Flat
The decline was across the board in apparel, with men's wear prices down 3.5 percent in October and women's…
Retail Apparel Prices Back Down in September, Led by Men’s Wear
There was a gender-leaning outcome to price fluctuations, with men's and boys' apparel prices down, and…
Retail Apparel Prices on Three-Month Hot Streak
Seasonal and lifestyle demands seemed to have an impact on category price swings in men's and women's apparel.
Apparel’s Upward Price Momentum Spills Over Into July
Boys' apparel, women's outwear and women's dresses drove the biggest price increases across apparel in July…
Course Correction: Retail Apparel Prices Back Up in June
The price increase was seen in all main apparel categories, after a record 4.7 percent decline in April and a…
US Retail Apparel Prices Fell 2.3% in May
U.S. retail apparel prices fell again in May as the coronavirus crisis cut consumer spending and depressed…
Retail Apparel Prices See Largest Monthly Decline in 63 Years
As the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread disruption of U.S. retailing, the bottom fell out of apparel…