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Retail Sales Increased 0.2% in February

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On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.2% retail and food services sales for February 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $722.7 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was up 0.3% percent from February 2024.

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Friday: Retail Sales, Industrial Production

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Friday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for October will be released. increase in retail sales. Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. The consensus is for a 0.3% Also at 8:30 AM, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for November. The consensus is for a reading of 3.5,

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Retail Sales Decreased 0.9% in January

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On a monthly basis, retail sales decreased 0.9% retail and food services sales for January 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $723.9 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was down 1.0% percent from January 2024.

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Retail Sales Unchanged in September

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On a monthly basis, retail sales were unchanged from August to September (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 8.2 retail and food services sales for September 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $684.0 This graph shows retail sales since 1992.

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Retail Lobby: “We Lied About Organized Theft”

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billion in retail inventory losses in 2021 was not “attributable to organized retail crime.” That line is just another in a long series of falsehoods put forth by the professional b *s at the National Retail Federation. This costs retailers anywhere between $15-20 billion annually in the US. No, “ nearly half ” of $94.5

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Retail: October Seasonal Hiring vs. Holiday Retail Sales

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Every year I track seasonal retail hiring for hints about holiday retail sales. At the bottom of this post is a graph showing the correlation between October seasonal hiring and holiday retail sales. Here is a graph of retail hiring for previous years based on the BLS employment report: Click on graph for larger image.

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Retail Sales Increased 0.7% in March

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On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.7% retail and food services sales for March 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $709.6 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline were up 0.6% percent from March 2023.

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