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U.S. consumers are setting more holiday shopping set records, as job growth and fatter wallets, along with stronger household finances, have put many in a buying mood this season. More news on: Walmart Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation, Consumer stocks news, News on the ...

By Jill Mislinski Note: With the release of November Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales. Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably va...

By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food-services spending increased 0.2 percent in November following a 0.4 percent gain in October. Excluding gasoline station sales, retail sales and food services were up 0.1 percent in November after a gain of 0.7 percent in October. Over the past year, t...

By Robert Hughes The small-business-optimism index from the National Federation of Independent Business rose to 104.7 in November, up 2.3 points from 102.4 in October, and it is now 4.1 points below the all-time high of 108.8 in August 2018. The latest result extends a run of 36 consecutiv...

The biggest shopping weekend of the year is here and 165.3M Americans are planning to shop or are considering shopping during the holiday, according to the National Retail Federation. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Va...

By Jharonne Martis Black Friday - the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday - is one of the most critical retail sales days during the holiday season, and for some it can make or break their fourth-quarter profits. Supposedly, it turns red ink into black on the ledgers. Retailers have ...

Retailers are preparing for one of their biggest weekends of the year, with an estimated 165.3M Americans going shopping Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Selec...

I'm sure most of you are inundated with "Black November," "70% off" and "clearance" email promotions from the usual cast of brick/mortar/online chain retailers. It started with my inbox in October. This is because retailers are terrified of what could be one of the worst holiday spending seaso...

Q3 E-Commerce Retail Sales : +5.0 % Q/Q vs. +4.2%  in Q2. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, News on the U.S. economy, News on ETFs Read more ...

One monthly result does not make a trend. Two? Still not a trend, but edging closer to one and more solid analysis. If making a claim based off the potential for one high frequency result is going out on a limb, then a second result confirming the first while not yet solid ground is at least a...