Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Auto vehicle and parts dealers, which is the largest ...

December 2024 retail sales were positive but slightly below expectations, with an increase in month-on-month sales by 0.4%. This was the fourth consecutive monthly expansion in retail sales and ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for March showed a surge in consumer spending last month, with headline sales rising 1.4%. Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for ...

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales barely rose in May and data for the prior month was revised considerably lower, suggesting that economic activity remained lackluster in the second ...

U.S. Retail Sales grew 0.6% M/M to $732.0B in August, outpacing the +0.3% consensus and maintaining the 0.6% increase in July, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. The ...