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Father’s Day Spending Seen Hitting Record High for 2021
The National Retail Federation is projecting $20.1 billion will be spent on the holiday this year.
Fashion’s New Cycle: What to Know and Which Brands Could Benefit
About once a decade, fashion goes through a seismic silhouette shift. The next one is here and could catalyze…
Are Consumers ‘Willing to Spend’ on Apparel and Footwear?
Consumer spending on clothing and footwear jumped 15.7 percent in March to $450.32 billion, the biggest…
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Hillary Super left as global CEO at Anthropologie Group and was succeeded by Tricia D. Smith, while Tapestry…
Apparel Leads the Retail Sales Party
March retail sales give merchants reason to hope the worst of the pandemic is behind them.
Martine Reardon Joins NRF
The former Macy's marketing executive has been helping the NRF through the pandemic.
February Spending on Clothing and Shoes Slid After January Gains
Personal consumption expenditures for clothing and footwear declined a seasonally adjusted 4.9 percent to…
$400-Million-an-Hour Suez Canal Snafu Heightens Importer Woes
NRF's Jon Gold says the ship blocking the canal "is contributing further stress to an already strained supply…
Strong Easter Spending Won’t Lift Apparel
Discount stores could see more traffic this Easter as consumers hunt for deals on gifts, food and candy.
After a Year a Covid: How Consumers Have Changed & Stayed the Same
Twelve months since the coronavirus pandemic upended life as we know it, much has changed and yet much has…
January’s Spending Data Has Good News for Apparel and Footwear
Personal income increased 10 percent in January, while disposable personal income, a key gauge for retail…
NRF: Economy Expected to See Fastest Growth in Two Decades
NRF chief Matthew Shay also addresses the 'city versus suburbs' debate and what that means for retail.
NRF Issues Bullish Forecast for 2021
The trade organization sees big retail gains based on declining COVID-19 cases and an effective rollout of…
Why Those Consumer Reviews Are So Valuable—Even the Negative Ones
Now that we're buying so much online, we've reached the point where we want to read reviews for just about…
Department Store Sales Skyrocket in Retail Runup
Retailers see strong month-to-month sales gains as a sense of normalcy slowly begins to return.