According to the National Retail Federation, holiday sales increased 4% in 2024 to a record $994 billion during November and December alone. That make-or-break moment for the retail industry proves ...

Shoppers told the National Retail Federation in a recent survey that they plan to spend an average of $890.49 per person on ...

1:59 Make Canadian economy top priority, western businesses tell PM Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.8 per cent to $69.8 billion in March, helped by an increase in new car sales. The agency ...

Retail sales rose 0.3 per cent to $70.1 billion in April, helped by gains in sales at new and used car dealers, according to Statistics Canada. For April, six of nine sub-sectors were up, as sales at ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs start to hurt the job ...

Statistics Canada says retail sales decreased 1.1 per cent to $69.2-billion in May, driven by sales declines at motor vehicle and parts dealers. However, the agency said its preliminary figures for ...

The U.S. retail sales inched up 0.6% sequentially in August 2025, the same as an upwardly revised 0.6% rise in July and beating market expectations of a 0.2% gain, as quoted on Tradingeconomics. The ...