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NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

Retail TouchPoints

Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% YoY; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 12.1% YoY; Online and other non-store sales: Up 6% month-over-month, up 30.7% YoY; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 10.5%

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Sustainable shopping: what options are available to retailers?

Retail Focus

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

Store growth Of the 23 new clubs opened in 2023, 10 were outside of North America. Store growth for Costco going forward will be focused more away from the US than domestically because of decreasing opportunities for expansion at home. Costco then will be increasingly looking beyond its home base for expansion opportunities.

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