Retail Trends

Last year will go down in history for many things, but in retail circles, it will be remembered as the year that comps went out the window. So extraordinary were the impacts of 2020 COVID lockdowns that it has rendered

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U.S. retail sales had another month of double-digit growth in April, according to a press release from Mastercard. Mastercard SpendPulse, which looks at retail growth in stores and online, found that U.S. retail sales, excluding gas and automotive, had increased

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Apparel stores are seeing more demand now as people start to go out more often, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (May 2). The demand comes at the junction of numerous events, including more social events opening up, vaccines expanding in

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Brick-and-mortar stores took a big hit during the pandemic, but the big casualties were bad retailers, not those that took advantage of “stay at home consumers,” by inventing ways to make online buying seamless and yes, even positive experiences. That’s

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A new UBS report says as many as 80,000 U.S. retail stores, or about 9 percent of the country’s total, could close by 2026, CNBC reports. The pace of store closures is down from its 2019 peak, but the report

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It’s been more than 100 years since Mark Twain said “reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” – and yet today, that famed quip is in some ways relevant to those who have been eulogizing malls and other traditional

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